Penn State football joins the blockchain this season, as the Nittany Lions are part of a new college rollout selling fan tokens, which are a form of cryptocurrency. Penn State is one of five major colleges that will sell digital assets offering fans access to "exclusive experiences" and "unique benefits," according to a news release announcing the initiative. Socios, a platform that operates in the growing fan-token economy, will host Penn State in a new program with Michigan State, Maryland, Texas A&M and LSU. According to Socios, those five programs will begin the "scale-out" process that the company wants to ... (full story)