G.U.Group Receives Excellence Award at "JFIA2025" Recognizing Financial Innovation
G.U.Group Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; CEOs: Hidekazu Kondo, Takaaki Inaba; hereinafter "G.U.Group"), which provides web3 solutions including blockchain infrastructure and stablecoin issuance and management systems including "Japan Open Chain", announces that it has received the Excellence Award in the Startup Division at the "Japan Financial Innovation Award 2025 (hereinafter 'JFIA2025')" recognizing financial innovation.
◽️ About "JFIA2025"
JFIA is an award system established in 2020 to promote advanced initiatives utilizing information and communication technology in the financial field, share best practices within the industry, and further expand open innovation beyond corporate group and industry boundaries. This award consists of three categories: Startup, Financial Institution, and Collaboration.
FINOLAB Inc. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Hiroshi Yamamoto), a leading fintech center in Japan, serves as the secretariat, extracting approximately 300 finance-related innovation cases press-released during 2024. From among these, through examination by FINOVATORS, a general incorporated association of financial innovation comrades composed of financial specialists (Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Masakazu Masujima), winning companies for each category were announced on February 3 from the perspectives of innovativeness, growth potential, and potential for transforming the financial industry. Through further examination, the grand prize and excellence awards for each category were decided.
"JFIA2025" Official Website: https://jfia.tokyo/2025-jp/
◽️ About the Excellence Award Winning Case
Our company received the Excellence Award in the Startup Division for its initiative of the world's first simultaneous listing on 6 exchanges as a Japanese IEO issue of the "Japan Open Chain Token" (hereinafter "JOC Coin"), the native token of Japan Open Chain, implemented on December 23 last year. This case was evaluated for spreading awareness of Japan-made blockchain and establishing a system to proceed with future social implementation.
Details of winning case: https://www.gu-group.com/ja/news/joc-listing
◽️ About JOC Coin
JOC token is the fee token (crypto asset) required to use Japan Open Chain. Japan Open Chain is a blockchain project that aims to solve social issues worldwide by providing innovative web3 technology to everyone through providing high-speed blockchain by trustworthy operators complying with Japanese law, enabling instant remittance with fees under 1 yen worldwide and asset liquidity through NFTs. For details, please see below.
Official Website: https://www.japanopenchain.org
Whitepaper: https://www.jbfd.org/joc-whitepaper
Currently, JOC Coin trading is available on the following exchanges: Japan
BitTrade (※ This is the only exchange available for Japanese residents)
Overseas
Gate.io MEXC Global LBank XT.com Bit2Me
※ Japanese residents cannot use overseas exchanges other than BitTrade. ※ When using exchanges, you must comply with the laws and regulations of your country of residence and applicable laws. ※ Even if legal disputes, tax issues, regulatory authority issues, etc. occur during use of exchanges, our company will not assume responsibility or provide compensation.
◽️ Japan-Made Blockchain 'Japan Open Chain'
"Japan Open Chain" is a fully Ethereum-compatible (Layer 1) public chain emphasizing practicality and operated by Japanese companies. Together with leading major companies and web3 operators, we are building blockchain infrastructure that anyone in the world can use safely, quickly, and affordably. Simultaneously, it is a project aimed at creating a digital financial revolution worldwide through the construction of future financial infrastructure via bank stablecoin projects and digitalization of assets such as NFTs.
Currently, 15 companies participate as validators (blockchain operating partners): COGEA Inc., a startup within the Sony Group, Dentsu Inc., G.U.Technologies Inc., insprout Inc., Kudasai Inc., Minna Bank Ltd., pixiv Inc., TIS Inc., extra mile Inc. of the TV Asahi Group, Kyoto University of the Arts, Hatena Co., Ltd., CAC Corporation, CyberLinks Co., Ltd., SBINFT Co., Ltd., and Nethermind. The blockchain is managed in a decentralized manner and is planned to eventually reach 21 companies.
