Graduates clad in gowns fling their graduation caps into the air at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul on Feb. 17, 2021. The university switched to a virtual graduation ceremony amid fears of the coronavirus pandemic and launched a service to lend graduation gowns to students who wish to take “I was there” photos. (Yonhap)
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Sungkyunkwan University said Monday it will present the country’s first university awards in the format of the non-fungible token (NFT) in a graduation ceremony this week.
Moon Kyung-won, a pharmacy major, will be one of several students to be given the NFT-based certificates of the university’s awards in the graduation ceremony set for Wednesday, the school said.
Those awards represent the first-ever official university certificates presented in the crypto asset format.
An NFT is a non-interchangeable unit of data stored on a blockchain, which can be owned and traded as digital items, such as videos or clothing for avatars.
The university said the NFT certificate is immune to loss or duplication and will be effective as an official document.
(Yonhap)
