Latest Open Campus updates on January 16th

In the cryptocurrency industry, companies still have difficulties opening bank accounts, according to a major financial publication. On February 27th, Japan’s largest financial institution, Mizuho Financial Group, announced their plan to launch their own digital currency named J-Coin. On February 25th, Recruit Holdings, the Japanese Internet and human resources firm, launched a $30 million US-based blockchain venture fund. Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO, expressed his opinion that Bitcoin is “a far better way to transfer value than pieces of paper”. On February 14th, the Institute of Decentralized Economics opened in London and the UnionBank of the Philippines launched a two-way ATM for Bitcoin. The Venezuelan government regulated cryptocurrency remittances, setting a monthly limit and, according to Markets Insider, Nvidia generated $1.95 billion in revenue from its crypto business. The Chicago Board Options Exchange and VanEck refiled their Bitcoin ETF application and the “9/11 papers hacker group” received a significant sum of the flagged cryptocurrency. Finally, Samsung leaked images of their new Galaxy S10 model, which will feature a built-in cryptocurrency wallet.