Summary

  • Upbit said its digital-asset education program for college students and young adults, "Upclass Campus," has drawn about 3,200 cumulative participants across 14 universities nationwide.
  • Dunamu said it held lectures at KAIST, Sookmyung Women's University and Ewha Womans University on ways to build trust in the digital-asset industry.
  • In a survey of participants from nine universities this year, 91.3% of respondents said they would join Upbit's digital-asset education programs again, and the company said it plans to expand the program next year by age group and through broader outreach visits.

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Upbit's "Upclass Campus," a digital-asset education program for college students and young adults, has completed its second-semester schedule for this year. Since launching lectures at 14 universities nationwide last year, the program has drawn about 3,200 participants in total.

Dunamu, the operator of Upbit, said on Nov. 12 that it ran second-semester Upclass Campus sessions at KAIST, Sookmyung Women's University and Ewha Womans University. After holding the program at six Seoul universities in the first half of the year, it broadened the second-half lineup to include regional universities and women's schools.

Dunamu executives and professionals in IT and fintech took part in the lectures. At KAIST, Chief Technology Officer Kim Dong-min, an alumnus of the school, spoke at the event. At Sookmyung Women's University and Ewha Womans University, Chief Brand Impact Officer Yoon Sun-joo led the sessions. Employees in planning, app development, exchange back-end development, digital-asset management, tax and accounting, and data engineering also shared their work experience and career insights.

The sessions also covered ways to build trust in the digital-asset industry. In a lecture at Sookmyung Women's University, Yoon said trust in the industry requires parallel advances in technological stability, institutional foundations, and safe and convenient financial infrastructure. She added that trust in a company is built through repeated experiences of consistently delivering the value promised to customers and responding responsibly when problems arise.

A follow-up survey of attendees at this year's lectures across nine universities found that 91.3% of respondents said they would be willing to take part again in Upbit's digital-asset education programs.

Upbit plans to continue education programs next year for different age groups, including juniors, young adults and seniors. It also plans to expand visiting education programs beyond universities to local governments and companies.

YM Lee