Its still in the early stages of actually realizing on an academia level that this technology is here to stay. I've only really heard of a few student bodies organizing their own "blockchain" meetups.
I belive in a few years applied cryptography will really see an influx of interest, as well as advanced distributed systems.
This field can, and will only grow.
I completely agree with this! I think it's a case of people starting to get used to the idea of "blockchain" and to trust it too. Thanks, Kiran