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About two months after coinbase employed former Google Pay lead engineer Pankaj Gupta as VP Engineering and Web site Lead, on July 2, Coinbase co-founder Brian Armstrong tweeted: “Coinbase is constructing out an workplace in India! Wonderful group already in place – come be a part of us.”
The tweet additionally had a weblog written by Gupta the place he elaborated on the corporate’s hiring plans for the proposed tech hub.
For the time being, Indian crypto exchanges are going through an acute disaster as a result of denial of standard providers from main banks within the nation. The RBI believes cryptocurrencies are a risk to monetary stability and plans to launch its personal digital coin.
Given this backdrop, the choice of Coinbase to arrange a tech hub for its international crypto change providers is certain to stoke the crypto or no-crypto debate within the nation.
 
 
“Coinbase is totally dedicated to increasing the understanding of crypto and blockchains within the area,” Gupta assured.
Coinbase has put out a recruitment discover on its web site for 20 engineers with totally different specializations for its India operations. Gupta says, “We’ve got formidable plans for this hub within the close to future — we wish to rent tons of of world class engineers within the close to time period.”
The corporate has additionally introduced to pay $1000 in crypto to all new hires in order that they’ll use the coin referred to as “CIkka”, the Hindi equal for “coin”, and use the expertise and data to make their crypto providing a greater product and expertise for the customers.
“Our expectation is that they’ll leverage this providing to study crypto, and can use this data to assist us construct the subsequent technology of merchandise that may delight our prospects all over the world,” Gupta stated in his weblog.
