Using various embodiments, methods and systems for verification of a digital asset owner in a digital environment are described. In one embodiment, a system is configured to receive a non-fungible token (NFT) associated with a digital asset, the NFT providing proof of ownership of the digital asset through a cryptographic public key and retrieve the digital asset. The system then retrieves a secret pattern from the digital asset, wherein the secret pattern was previously embedded into the digital asset, the secret pattern associated with the cryptographic public key and computes a first identification hash value using a hash function, the hash function receiving a parameter value derived from the secret pattern. The system then receives a second identification hash value and compares the first identification hash value to the second identification hash value. If the first and second identification hash values are identical, then the digital asset is determined to be authentic.