Ed3 Weekly Issue #216: Growing Up
Blockchain technology matures as the broader edtech landscape expands.
Hello blockchain enthusiasts,
The digital education market is growing up, fast. This week we’re checking out a market on the verge of a 10x expansion, a community college quietly making blockchain credentials real and accessible, and the lobbying machinery that will shape how crypto fits into the regulatory landscape.
At Ed3 Weekly, we are always seeking out stories that may not always make the front page, but they’re the ones that tell us where Ed3 is actually heading.
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📚 Education + Society News
College launches 2 blockchain certificate offerings
🔗 This fall, Jackson College will become the first college in the region to offer accredited courses and certificates in blockchain technology. Read
📊 Markets + News
Blockchain Association Lobbies on Cryptocurrency Regulation Issues
🔗 The Blockchain Association’s in-house lobbying team brings deep Capitol Hill credentials to its first quarter 2026 disclosure. Read
📈 Trends + Innovation
How Tokenization Is Becoming One of the Biggest Financial Trends of the Year
🔗 Recent data on real-world asset (RWA) tokenization confirms a trend already documented by industry sources: approximately $31 billion in total distributed value (TDV), with private credit exceeding $14 billion on-chain. These figures are consistent with reports from late 2025 and reflect genuine growth. Read
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🤿 Deep Dive
🔗 The digital education market was valued at $12.5 billion in 2021 and is projected to hit $125.3 billion by 2031, a 26% CAGR that puts it among the fastest-growing sectors in tech. The drivers are familiar: smartphone proliferation, post-pandemic normalization of online learning, AI-powered personalization, and governments finally putting real money into digital infrastructure for education. What’s less talked about is where blockchain fits into that picture.
The report gives blockchain a mention, specifically in the context of credential verification, digital identity, and fraud prevention. As the overall market matures and online credentials become the norm rather than the exception, the question of trust becomes central. How do employers know that the certificate is real? How does a learner prove their skills across borders, across platforms, across institutions? That’s the problem blockchain was built to solve in education, and a $125 billion market creates enormous surface area for those solutions to take hold. Read
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