With India showing increasing interest in crypto in recent years, US-based Coinbase is set to strengthen its India presence. The company’s India head and VP, engineering Pankaj Gupta in a series of tweets announced its India expansion plans
“We have big plans for our new Coinbase India tech hub to have a global impact (stay tuned for more details shortly). It’s important to us that all our employees deeply understand the products and services that they are helping us deliver.” – Pankaj Gupta, VP, Coinbase
There’s never been a more exciting time for builders working in crypto. This is true worldwide, but especially in India which is seeing a boom in crypto-native talent and in creating and growing important crypto projects — Polygon and Instadapp to name just a couple. It is of course well known that India has a vibrant, world class community of software engineers, technology builders and entrepreneurs. To add to this, we have been pleasantly surprised at the growing expertise in crypto and blockchain technologies as well says “Pankaj Gupta, VP Engineering and Site Lead, India”
Coinbase Also Plans To Build Apple Like Crypto App Store
Coinbase was founded in 2012 and is a fully regulated and licensed cryptocurrency exchange supporting all U.S. states except Hawaii. Coinbase initially only allowed for Bitcoin trading but quickly began adding cryptocurrencies that fit its decentralized criteria.
Its list expanded to include Ethereum, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash, XRP, and many others with the promise of more as long as its requirements are met.