Open Campus, Animoca Brands, and ANPA Partner to Reshape Education Finance

Hong Kong and Seoul, South Korea, November 20, 2025 – The intersection of traditional finance and Web3 just got a monumental boost, and it’s all about education. Open Campus, the community-led DAO spearheading blockchain-powered education finance (EduFi), along with crypto giant Animoca Brands, has forged a strategic partnership with Rich Sparkle Holdings Limited (“ANPA”) (NASDAQ: ANPA).

The headline? U.S.-listed ANPA is making its first significant foray into crypto, committing to purchase up to US$50 million in EDU tokens over the next two years. This isn’t just an investment; it’s a powerful signal that the financial layer for education is about to get a serious digital overhaul.

ANPA’s entry into the EduFi market is no small feat. The company, known for its financial printing and corporate services for over 190 publicly listed companies across Hong Kong and the States, will now collaborate with Open Campus and Animoca Brands to build tokenization infrastructure that directly bridges traditional finance and the decentralized Web3 world.

Matthew Chan, CEO of ANPA, articulated this vision, stating, “We see immense potential in blockchain to transform education finance into an accessible, transparent ecosystem.” ANPA aims to leverage its vast corporate client network to accelerate institutional adoption of EduFi, expanding the real-world utility for the EDU token – which functions as the governance token for the Open Campus DAO and the native gas token for EDU Chain.

Open Campus has launched EDU Chain, a Layer 3 blockchain on Arbitrum Orbit designed for on-chain education finance (EduFi) and powered by the EDU token.

The core contributors to the Open Campus DAO, including Animoca Brands, TinyTap, NewCampus, RiseIn, and HackQuest, are working to enhance the education system for all stakeholders using innovative blockchain protocols.

Mohamed Ezeldin, president of Open Campus, emphasized that “education has stood in the shadows of innovation for too long.” He believes this partnership is a “defining moment,” not only channeling new capital into the EDU token but also underscoring the conviction that education finance deserves the same ownership, transparency, and opportunity that blockchain has already delivered to other sectors.

Animoca Brands, a global digital assets leader known for building Web3 platforms like The Sandbox, is also contributing US$3 million of EDU tokens to the partnership.

Yat Siu, co-founder and executive chairman of Animoca Brands, highlighted the sheer scale of the opportunity. “In the U.S. alone, the student loan market is worth $1.8 trillion and urgently needs targeted innovation and disruption—which we believe EduFi can provide.” This isn’t just about small-scale improvements; it’s about fundamentally reshaping a massive, often problematic, financial system. ANPA, also a provider of ESG reporting and compliance services, will further work with Open Campus to establish an ecosystem of sustainable financing in emerging markets, channeling capital toward education, inclusion, and impact-driven initiatives.

ANPA’s substantial purchase of EDU tokens, primarily for staking, governance, and their EduFi market entry, underscores a growing institutional conviction in blockchain’s power to drive solutions for education. This collaboration marks a significant step towards a future where education finance is more accessible, transparent, and aligned with the incentives of learners, educators, and institutions. The question is no longer if blockchain will impact education, but how quickly and profoundly these leading players can execute on this ambitious, multi-million-dollar vision.