
CoinDCX CEO Sumit Gupta expresses solidarity with affected WazirX users due to their losses.
Gupta proposes acquiring WazirX to facilitate fund recovery for users but legal hurdles in Singapore prevent immediate action.
Gupta emphasizes his commitment to restoring trust in the Indian crypto market and pledges to use company resources to help WazirX users.
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sumit gupta Sumit Gupta is the Co-founder and CEO of CoinDCX. CoinDCX is a company that specializes in crypto-enabled financial services and acts as a cryptocurrency trading client. It wishes to make crypto easily reachable to Indians. He established his first company when he was 19. Soon after finishing his graduation and post-graduation from IIT Bombay, Sumit joined an MNC in Tokyo. He created India’s first location-based online marketplace which later became a multimillion-dollar startup within a year. Sumit Gupta is currently volunteering as a coordinator at Mood Indigo IIT Bombay. Previously, he worked as a Software Engineer intern at Sony, where he contributed to the Sony Cyber-shot Cameras group. During his internship, he played a role in the development and strategy of the Auto-Portrait Framing Feature, which is now widely utilized across all Sony Digital Still Cameras.
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Here are the details.
A Message of Empathy and Support
On Twitter, Gupta expressed his understanding of the struggles WazirX users are facing. He, along with CoinDCX Co-Founder Neeraj Khandelwal, showed their support and offered to explore ways to compensate for the losses users have suffered.
CoinDCX’s Potential Plan to Help Users
Gupta explained that CoinDCX has been considering ways to recover users’ funds, including possibly purchasing WazirX to lead this process. However, he mentioned that ongoing legal issues in Singapore are preventing them from acting directly.
‘The matter is still pending in court and it has not produced a clear ruling yet,’ Gupta said.
Despite these challenges, Gupta remained determined. He shared that, if the WazirX team reaches out and with the court and creditor approvals, CoinDCX is ready to invest its own funds to help recover the losses.
Restoring Trust in the Crypto Space
As usual, Gupta stressed that one negative incident should not be used to discredit the entire Indian crypto space. In his message to the users, his seven-plus years of experience dealing with Web3 made him promise to restore trust in the crypto market which has left countless users grappling with financial losses and uncertainty post such hacks.
As legal proceedings continue, the main focus remains on recovering funds and holding those responsible accountable. With Gupta’s commitment to helping users, there is hope that solutions may soon be found.
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The question remains—can trust in India’s crypto space be restored, or will the scars of this crisis last forever? Let’s wait and see.