Antonis Polemitis is a crypto and blockchain education executive who serves as CEO of University of Nicosia, one of the earliest universities to integrate Bitcoin and digital assets into its academic programs. Antonis Polemitis's Twitter Score is 95 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of September 2026, ranking #7,782 (top 5%) among 486,860 tracked accounts.
Antonis Polemitis helped found the Digital Currency / Blockchain Initiative at the University of Nicosia and co-taught what the university describes as the first university cryptocurrency course in the world. The University of Nicosia was the first university in the world to accept Bitcoin for tuition payments and launched what it describes as the world's first cryptocurrency degree in 2014. The university's Institute For the Future has focused on blockchain, digital assets, and Web3 since 2013, and the institution was also the first to publish academic diplomas on the blockchain and to issue blockchain-verifiable academic certificates as NFTs.
Antonis Polemitis also serves as CEO of EDEX and is a board member of UNICAF, as well as a member of the Council of the University of Nicosia. The Institute For the Future's blockchain and digital-assets research has produced direct spin-offs including Block.co and NFTValuations. The university's Decentralized conference series, established in 2017, is a learning conference focused on blockchain and digital currencies. Previously, Antonis Polemitis was a principal or partner at Ledra Capital, ACG Capital, and Oliver Wyman.
Antonis Polemitis has 11,443 followers as of September 2026 on X and has published 25,023 posts. Antonis Polemitis has been mentioned by 108 accounts, with 396 total mentions.
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