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‘This Is Not a Passing Fad’: CFA Exam Adds Crypto, Blockchain Topics

  • Candidates get their first look at the new material next month
  • Finance and crypto worlds have become increasingly intertwined

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It might be the definitive sign that cryptocurrencies have arrived on Wall Street.

CFA Institute, whose grueling three-level program has helped train more than 150,000 financial professionals, is adding topics on cryptocurrencies and blockchain to its Level I and II curriculums for the first time next year. Material for the 2019 exams will be released in August, giving candidates their first opportunity to start logging a recommended 300 hours of study time.