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Neil Johnston
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Dear University of Edinburgh,

Under the Freedom of Information Act I seek the following information:

1. Has the university accepted payment of tuition fees in cryptocurrency, such as but not limited to Bitcoin, Etherium, Tether etc, for each of the following calendar years 2020/2021/2022.

If so please provide the number of students who paid this way for each year and state the cryptocurrency used and its value in cryptocurrency (if possible) at time of payment.

In each case please state whether the student was an undergraduate or postgraduate, the course they were studying and if they were a UK or foreign national. In the case of foreign nationals please state which country they were from.

2. If possible in each case please state if the payments were converted to pounds immediately or held as investments.

3. For each of the following years 2020/2021/2022 has the university or any subsidiaries purchased any cryptocurrencies such as but not limited to Bitcoin, Etherium, Tether etc.

If so please state the type of cryptocurrency, the value of the cryptocurrency in cryptocurrency at time of purchase.

Please also state whether the investment is still held or if it has been sold and if so what its value was when it was sold.

4. Does the university currently have any investments in cryptocurrency, such as but not limited to Bitcoin, Etherium, Tether etc, or Non-fungible tokens.

If so please state the holdings and their purchase value.

Yours faithfully,

Neil Johnston

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Dear Neil Johnston

Thank you for your email of 7th December 2022 requesting information about
cryptocurrencies. I am writing to let you know that we have received your
request and will process it as soon as reasonably possible, and within 20
working days of the day we received the request. We will reply by 10th
January.

The [1]University of Edinburgh's request privacy notice, which describes
how we use the information you have supplied about yourself and your
request, is published on the University website.

Yours sincerely

Celia Jenkins

Records Management

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Dear Neil Johnston

Thank you for your email of 7 December 2022 requesting information. Please
find the University's response attached.

Yours sincerely

Celia Jenkins

Records Management Section
University of Edinburgh
Old College
South Bridge
Edinburgh
EH8 9YL

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