Open Campus, a decentralized autonomous organization building a blockchain educational network, has launched the EDU Chain mainnet on Arbitrum Orbit.

Designed for education- and EduFi-focused decentralized applications, the EDU on Arbitrum series (ARB) Orbit has quickly become the leading layer 3 blockchain, with the total value locked exceeding $150 million, according to L2beat.

The blockchain's TVL includes contributions from treasuries and Open Campus liquidity providers that deliver assets to the platform, according to a release shared with crypto.news.

During the testnet phase, EDU Chain processed over 86.2 million transactions and participated in 358,684 unique active wallets. With 47 dApps already on the testnet, many are now preparing for deployment on the mainnet.

Open Campus Initiatives

To drive decentralized application development, Open Campus (Edo) Launched two initiatives. The first is Ongoing hackathon A series with a $1 million prize pool, which has already attracted thousands of developers.

The second initiative, the Open Campus Incubator, is a 12-week program designed to help hackathon winners scale their projects. Participants gain access to grants, venture capital funding opportunities, and the resources needed to grow in the EDU Series.

In addition, the platform introduced the first season of the Yuzu Points rewards program. By interacting with mainnet decentralized applications, users can earn Yuzu Points, which unlock EDU token emissions. Open Campus has allocated up to 150 million EDU tokens for these rewards.

This launch positions EDU Chain as a leader in blockchain-based education solutions, combining decentralized finance, game-based learning, and developer support to foster cross-chain education innovation.