I am pretty sure as the leading academic places these schools needed to be part of cryptocurrency world no matter what just out of curiosity if nothing else. That's what scholars are, they are people who go places no one ever went before (or few did) and try to find what it is and what it is not and write articles about it informing the current and future people.
There wouldn't be any of the improvements we have in the world and no information about them would exists as well if it wasn't for scholars. Hence it is no wonder that these schools are taking a dip at the crypto markets as well. Maybe not directly take money out of their budget and buy bitcoin with it but at least try to make their own blockchain tech to improve something.