MST Blockchain and UniCred are building the infrastructure behind trusted digital credentials
We've partnered with MST Blockchain to bring scalable, enterprise-grade blockchain infrastructure to the way institutions issue, manage, and verify digital credentials. Together, we're making it easier for educational institutions and organizations to move away from paper and PDF certificates, without giving up an inch of security or trust.
02 · ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP
Building trust. Empowering education. Driving progress forward.
That's the idea behind this partnership. MST Blockchain brings scalable Layer 1 infrastructure built for real-world use, the kind that can support institutions issuing credentials at real volume. UniCred brings deep, specific expertise in secure, tamper-proof academic credential verification, built around how registrars, training bodies, and certifying organizations actually work.
Put together, the two are aimed at one goal: helping educational institutions and organizations issue, manage, and verify digital certificates with more transparency, more security, and a lot less manual work.
“At MST Blockchain, we're committed to building a future where trust and innovation go hand in hand. Through our partnership with UniCred, we're advancing the adoption of blockchain-powered digital credentials by combining MST Blockchain's scalable infrastructure with UniCred's expertise in secure, tamper-proof academic credential verification.”
MST Blockchain, Partnership Announcement
03 · WHAT EACH PARTNER BRINGS
MST Blockchain: Scalable infrastructure
MST Blockchain operates as a Layer 1 blockchain network built to support real-world adoption at scale, across sectors that need dependable, low-cost infrastructure. That scale isn't theoretical.
MST Blockchain already supports a network of over 300,000 KYC-verified users, more than 75,000 validators, and over 173,000 on-chain wallet addresses, and it's still growing. In this partnership, that same infrastructure supports UniCred's issuance and verification volume as institutions grow from hundreds of credentials to hundreds of thousands.
UniCred: Credentialing expertise
UniCred brings the part institutions actually interact with day to day: a platform purpose-built for issuing, managing, and verifying degrees, certificates, and badges, with fraud prevention and instant verification built in from the start.
That expertise doesn't change with this partnership. What changes is the infrastructure underneath it, and now that infrastructure comes with a proven user base already operating at real scale.
04 · MST BLOCKCHAIN, BY THE NUMBERS
MST Blockchain, by the numbers
A partnership is only as strong as the infrastructure behind it. Here's what UniCred's institutions and partners are building on top of.
KYC-verified users already active on the network
validators securing the chain
on-chain wallet addresses and growing
For institutions evaluating whether a blockchain-backed credentialing platform can actually hold up at scale, these numbers answer that question directly. This isn't infrastructure built for a pilot program. It's infrastructure already carrying real, verified activity at a size most credentialing platforms never have to plan for.
05 · WHY THIS PARTNERSHIP MATTERS
Why this partnership matters
Credential fraud isn't a small problem, and it isn't a new one either. Fake degrees, forged licenses, and unverifiable training certificates cost institutions time, money, and reputation every single year. Most of the tools built to fix this treat it as a software problem alone, without thinking seriously about the infrastructure that has to support it once volumes get real.
This partnership treats it as both. A credentialing platform is only as reliable as the network underneath it. By combining MST Blockchain's infrastructure, already supporting over 300,000 KYC-verified users and 173,000+ on-chain wallet addresses, with UniCred's credentialing expertise, institutions get a system built to hold up under real usage, not just a demo that works well for fifty certificates and slows down at fifty thousand.
For educational institutions specifically, that means:
Stronger security behind every certificate issued, backed by infrastructure built for scale from day one
Faster verification for employers, other institutions, and government bodies checking a credential
Less manual work for registrars and administrators who used to field verification requests one at a time
A system built to grow with the institution, instead of one that needs replacing once volumes increase
06 · WHAT THIS MEANS FOR INSTITUTIONS AND LEARNERS
For institutions
If your institution already uses UniCred, this partnership works in the background. You don't need to change how you issue certificates, train your staff differently, or ask your students to do anything new. The improvements this partnership brings are underneath the platform, not on top of it.
For learners and credential holders
For learners and credential holders, the outcome is the same one UniCred has always promised: a certificate that verifies itself in seconds, that they own permanently, and that nobody can quietly alter after the fact. This partnership is about making sure that promise holds up as more institutions, and more credentials, come onto the platform.
07 · FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Frequently asked questions
No. The way your team issues, shares, and manages credentials through UniCred stays the same. This partnership strengthens the infrastructure behind the platform, not the day-to-day experience of using it.
Built on stronger infrastructure. Backed by the same commitment to trust.
This partnership is one more step toward credentials that institutions, employers, and learners can rely on without a second thought. If you're ready to see what that looks like for your organization, we'd love to show you.