Blockchain & crypto news from India
Founded in 2017, CoinSwitch was founded as a global cryptocurrency exchange aggregator. This platform allowed users to compare rates across various exchanges and facilitated seamless trading across multiple cryptocurrencies. The company was launched as CoinSwitch Kuber in 2017, to specifically cater to the Indian cryptocurrency market only. The company was founded by Ashish Singhal, Govind…
The fallout of FTX debacle has sent out red alerts in the crypto trading world, and the stress now is on holding one’s own digital assets in wallets rather than keeping them on exchanges. Trading exchanges have gone a knee-jerk reaction, revealing their owned assets in what are called proof of reserves. Holding one’s crypto…
Prominent cryptocurrency exchanges WazirX and CoinSwitch Kuber have blocked rupee deposits for the buying of crypto using a widely-used state-fostered transfer system, provoking users to voice concern on social media. India has spent years on a law to regulate or ban cryptos, with its central bank supporting a ban over their threat to financial stability,…
Prior to Diwali, two of the leading stars of Bollywood are setting up another alternative during India’s annual gold shopping spree: cryptos. Two of the prominent crypto platforms in India have each tapped Bollywood stars – one, Amitabh Bachchan, the most prominent Indian actor of all time – to foster cryptos as a simple and…
Indian crypto space has been confronting a revolution for the past couple of years. In spite of the uncertainty in the regulations and extreme volatility, several Indians prefer investing in crypto rather than gold. Around 15 million people in India have invested in crypto. In India, households have more than 25,000 tonnes of gold. Interestingly,…
Going operational just last year, CoinSwitch Kuber has won the trust of Tiger Global to merit a $25 million Series B funding. India holds a small share of the cryptocurrency market, with a reported crypto investor base of around 80 lakh (8 million). The investment market in India is currently dominated by a few large…