Reimagining Future Economies | Financing Education at Global Scale

About this episode

The episode discusses how Open Campus is transforming education into an asset class to improve access, finance, and trust in the global education system.

We tell the next generation that education is the key to a brighter future, but today, access is gated, trust is fading, and financing is broken. Open Campus is reimagining education as an asset class. Instead of a one-way street where learners pay, consume, and leave, Open Campus introduces an ownership layer, turning learning into something you truly own, verify, and leverage across your digital life. In this episode, we explore the three foundational cracks in the global education system - access, finance, and trust - and how Open Campus addresses them through EduFi infrastructure. You’ll learn about Open Campus ID for verifiable credentials, EDU Chain as the developer backbone for education finance applications, Pencil Finance for equitable student lending, and the OC Wallet that connects identity directly to funding. With over 10,000 developers building on EDU Chain, and deployments at a national scale in countries like India and Vietnam, Open Campus is bridging real-world learners into the digital economy. When education becomes verifiable and transferable, it becomes part of your on-chain identity: a dynamic, reputation-based asset that travels with you across the open…

People in this episode

Host: Animoca Brands

Guest: Jonah Lau

Topics covered

• education
• financing
• digital economy
• trust
• access
• ownership

Keywords

• education
• Open Campus
• digital economy
• financing education
• verifiable credentials
• student lending
• EDU Chain

Sponsors

Animoca Brands

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Open Campus

Places: India, Vietnam