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Welcome to The HUB, where decentralized technology meets student innovation at Harvard College! We're not just a club; we're a hub of creativity, learning, and cutting-edge projects that are shaping the future of blockchain and Web3.
Our mission? To make decentralized tech accessible, approachable, and exciting for students from all backgrounds. Whether you're a blockchain enthusiast or just crypto-curious, The HUB is your gateway to the decentralized world.
| The HUB Coalition | We're building a network of undergraduate blockchain clubs across prestigious institutions, partnering with industry leaders, and crafting cross-collaborative initiatives to create unparalleled opportunities for our members. |
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| Spring 2025 Policy Hackathon | In collaboration with the New Hampshire Blockchain Council, we're organizing an ambitious event focusing on state, federal, and global blockchain policy. |
| Cryptography Curriculum | Partnering with the Cambridge Blockchain Coalition, we're developing a high-quality, rigorous, yet beginner-friendly cryptography course, demystifying the tech behind blockchain for students of all academic backgrounds. |
| Harvard Blockchain Conference 2025 | This year’s theme of our popular annual conference is blockchain in action. The conference is tentatively scheduled for April 26-27th, 2025. Stay tuned for more details! |
| Omni Research Symposium: Harvard Chapter | We just hosted a Harvard chapter of the Omni Research Symposium and are proud to announce that two out of the three winning teams across several top universities came from Harvard Undergraduate Blockchain! Congratulations to our winners: Alysia Davis, Elisa See, Miriam Kim, and Nana McBrown. |
But how did The HUB all begin?
2021: Our First Year
The Harvard Undergraduate Blockchain Club, known as the Harvard Blockchain Club at the time, was founded in the fall of 2021 by Virat Talwar and Roman Ugarte, two passionate underclassmen who wanted to create an inclusive environment for the crypto-curious and crypto enthusiasts alike. With a small team of dedicated students and a crypto boom in the industry, the club soon scaled to several arms and several hundred members. The club ran important educational initiatives, and due to its growing size, looked to soon expand to commercial ventures.
Anne Brandes and Cheikh Fiteni inherited the club in the fall of 2022, building a consulting arm and navigating the club through the start of our current bear market. Anne and Cheikh helped oversee a record-breaking Harvard Blockchain Conference alongside the Harvard Business School’s blockchain club, expand club infrastructure to streamline funding, and more.
2022: Our Second Year
2023: Our Third Year
The core team remained dynamic and resilient to industry volatility that only ramped up in the fall of 2023, when Luke Richey and Anika Lakhani took over. Luke and Anika incubated several projects that have been pivotal to this year’s operations, such as forming the initial connections across Web3 VCs and fellow clubs for the HUB Coalition, contributing to another record-breaking annual Harvard Blockchain Conference, and uniting undergraduate and graduate blockchain efforts across the Cambridge-Boston area amidst day-to-day activities like hosting blockchain workshops and dinners.
This year, Anika is leading a talented team of underclassmen to bring the 2023 project incubations to fruition, birth new ventures that remain resilient to industry volatility, and secure a meaningful legacy for The HUB in the coming years. The 2024-2025 school year also marks the inaugural year of the CUBE Summit (and related efforts), for which The HUB is a proud partner.
2024: Our Fourth Year