Coinbase hires former Google Pay exec to lead India operations

Coinbase hires former Google Pay exec to lead India operations

Coinbase has started hiring in India despite rumors of an impending ban on crypto in the country. Coinbase, a major cryptocurrency exchange that went public on Nasdaq earlier this month, continues to actively expand in India with a new hire.The cryptocurrency exchange has hired Pankaj Gupta, a former Google Pay engineering lead in India and Asia Pacific, as the vice president of engineering and site lead for India.Announcing the news Tuesday, Gupta said that he will be responsible for “leading and building from scratch the company's technology hub in India.” He also noted that Coinbase has....


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