System for resource exchange event authorization using a carded resource exchange device imprinted with a non-fungible token

A system for resource exchange event authorization, the system comprising:

• a resource exchange device configured in a form of a card having two facings, wherein at least one facing has a digital image imprinted thereon, wherein the digital image comprises a plurality of pixels and wherein a Non-Fungible Token (NFT) identifier that identifies an NFT is embedded as encrypted data within one or more of the plurality of pixels;
• and
• a resource exchange device reader apparatus including a memory and one or more computing processor devices in communication with the memory, wherein the memory stores a first resource exchange event authorization application, wherein the resource exchange event authorization application is executable by at least one of the computing device processors and is configured to:
• in response to a user presenting the resource exchange device at the resource exchange device reader to initiate a resource exchange event, scan the digital image to read data stored in the plurality of pixels, wherein reading the data includes decrypting the encrypting data and extracting the NFT identifier, and
• use the NFT identifier to access a distributed trust computing storing the NFT to validate the NFT and provide first authorization for the resource exchange event.