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Kenya anchors more than 15 million academic records on Avalanche

Kenya anchors more than 15 million academic records on Avalanche

KNEC says the blockchain-based verification system now targets 30 million to 35 million records, with about 1 million students a year set to receive digital certificates from the 2025-2026 classes.

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Fact Check
The official Avalanche blog and the official @avax X account both confirm that KNEC anchored over 15 million academic records on Avalanche's C-Chain to make credentials tamper-proof and forgery-resistant, with a scaling target of roughly 30-35 million records. Independent crypto news outlets (Cointelegraph, CryptoBriefing) corroborate the same facts, matching the claim's core assertions: 15 million records currently anchored, purpose of curbing forged certificates, and a 30M+ scaling target. Minor variation exists in headlines between the '15 million currently anchored' figure and the '30 million+' target, but this reflects the same event described in the claim.
Summary

Kenya's blockchain-based academic verification rollout on Avalanche has expanded into one of the larger government-backed deployments in the sector, with the Kenya National Examinations Council saying the system will secure between 30 million and 35 million education records and issue blockchain-backed digital certificates to roughly 1 million students a year starting with the 2025-2026 graduating classes. The platform, built with Ava Labs on Avalanche's C-Chain, covers examination records dating back to 1989 and is designed to replace slow paper-based checks with near-instant digital verification for employers, universities, scholarship providers and credential agencies. KNEC says the system is meant to curb forged certificates by creating cryptographic records that can be verified without altering the original data, while also giving former students access to verifiable credentials for legacy records. The announcement drew market attention, helping lift AVAX more than 7% over 24 hours to an intraday high above $6.88 after trading near $6.40 a day earlier, with volume rising during the move. The token later held around the $6.85-$6.90 range, though it still remained below its 100-day and 200-day exponential moving averages.

Terms & Concepts
  • Avalanche's C-Chain: Avalanche's Ethereum-compatible blockchain layer, used here to record and verify academic credential data.
  • cryptographic records: Digital records secured with cryptography so their authenticity can be checked and tampering can be detected.
  • exponential moving averages: Technical indicators that track average price over time while giving more weight to recent trading data.