NEWS AND EVENTS
April 4th, 2020
Juno: YourStory coverage of the new cross-border play, and the $3M seed round.
April 2nd, 2020
Brave / BAT: The Block coverage of the milestone of crossing 4 million daily active users.
March 24th, 2020
Brave / BAT: TechCrunch covers latest partnership with Binance.
March 6th, 2020
Changing crypto landscape in India: Joel writes on the Outlier Ventures blog.
March 6th, 2020
Impact of the Supreme Court decision in India: Nitin speaks to ET Prime
March 5th, 2020
India’s Supreme Court rules against RBI’s crypto policy: Nitin speaks to TechCrunch.
March 5th, 2020
Landmark SC decision on crypto in India: Nitin speaks to The Economic Times.
March 5th, 2020
Emergence of neobanks like Juno: Nitin speaks to Inc42.
Feb 27th, 2020
Springworks: Entrackr covers launch of Whatsapp-based verification tools.
Feb 3rd, 2020
Third Wave Coffee: United News covers plans to open 10 new stores in Hyderabad.
Jan 27th, 2020
SharesPost: Business Wire covers expansion of access to the SharesPost 100 fund.
Jan 20th, 2020
National strategy for blockchain published by the Govt. of India NITI Aayog, with contributions from our team.
Jan 20th, 2020
Molecule: Launch of Catalyst to fund new therapeutic breakthroughs using blockchain.
Dec 31st, 2019
Predictions for 2020: Nitin speaks to The Economic Times.
Dec 11th, 2019
XOKind: San Diego Union Tribune piece on XOKind (founded by co-founder of Nervana, acq. by Intel for $400M) coming out of stealth, with marquee seed funding.
Dec 6th, 2019
Global VC Summit: Nitin spoke on a panel on deep tech investing.
Nov 21st, 2019
Binance’s acquisition of WazirX: Nitin speaks to The Economic Times.
Nov 5th, 2019
Mudrex’s incredible journey to YC: Nitin speaks to ET Prime.
Oct 26th, 2019
Molecule: Decrypt covers partnership with University of Totonto to crowdfund psychedelic studies.
Oct 9th, 2019
Juno: The Economic Times covers seed round led by Sequoia Surge & Polychain.
Oct 9th, 2019
New blockchain Center of Excellence: Hindustan Times coverage citing Incrypt’s report.
Oct 7th, 2019
Param Network: Feature story in YourStory.
Oct 3rd, 2019
World Economic Forum: Nitin spoke at the WEF India Economic Summit.
Sept 10th, 2019
Blockstack: Coindesk covers Blockstack’s regulated offering that raised $23M.
Sept 6th, 2019
Bank of America Merrill Lynch podcast: Nitin interviewed on the topic of blockchain.
Sept 3rd, 2019
Numerai’s launch of Erasure: Yahoo Finance covers Numerai’s new prediction marketplace on Ethereum.
Aug 24th, 2019
Emergence of a blockchain ecosystem in India: Nitin speaks to The Week for a feature story.
Aug 17th, 2019
Third Wave Coffee: Feature story in YourStory.
Aug 13th, 2019
Closure of Koinex: Nitin speaks to ET Prime.
July 30th, 2019
Why India stands to lose globally if crypto is banned: Nitin speaks to ET Prime.
July 23rd, 2019
Ramifications of a proposed crypto ban: Nitin speaks to Business Standard
July 10th, 2019
Blockstack: Wall Street Journal covers SEC approval for the first regulated token offering.
July 5th, 2019
Ocean: Announces plan to help launch used car data marketplace in Singapore.
July 5th, 2019
Blockchain, crypto and India's budget: Nitin speaks to The Economic Times.
July 2nd, 2019
Sovrin: How SSI can be a trillion dollar opportunity.
July 2nd, 2019
Fetch.AI: Release of Antlia to unlock the potential of decentralized AI using synergetic computing.
July 2nd, 2019
Aftermath of Koinex shutdown and outlook for exchanges: Nitin speaks to The Economic Times.
June 26th, 2019
Libra vs. UPI. Zuckerberg vs. Modi?: Nitin speaks to The Ken.
June 21st, 2019
Will Libra force a rethink in India?: Nitin speaks to The Economic Times.
June 20th, 2019
Sovrin: Evernym launches Connect.Me, the first Sovrin based wallet.
June 19th, 2019
Mudrex: Bitcoin News covers the launch of Mudrex's strategy marketplace.
June 19th, 2019
Upcoming launch of Facebook Libra: Nitin speaks to The Economic Times.
June 15th, 2019
Mudrex: Announces launch of strategy marketplace.
June 12th, 2019
Rumored crypto ban in India: Nitin speaks to The Economic Times.
June 4th, 2019
Numerai: Launch of Quant, the first app on the Erasure protocol.
June 4th, 2019
Swiss Blockchain Policy Tour: The Economic Times' coverage of the Swiss Blockchain Policy delegation from India. Members of the Incrypt community - including Nitin and Vaidee (Founder, Param) were invited to visit the Swiss ecosystem in Zurich, Zug and Bern.
May 31st, 2019
Swiss Blockchain Policy delegation: CNN Money coverage of the Swiss Blockchain Policy delegation from India. Members of the Incrypt community - including Nitin and Vaidee (Founder, Param) - were invited to visit the Swiss ecosystem in Zurich, Zug and Bern.
May 17th, 2019
Sovrin: Evernym named best SSI project at Europe's premier identity event.
May 16th, 2019
RBI's fintech sandbox: Nitin speaks to The Economic Times.
May 13th, 2019
Rumored launch of Facebook stablecoin: Nitin speaks to The Economic Times.
April 15th, 2019
Sovrin: ComputerWorld coverage of Sovrin's Hyperledger Indy distributed ledger going live.
April 10th, 2019
Elixxir: David Chaum to keynote Paris Blockchain Week.
April 10th, 2019
Elixxir announces upcoming BetaNet supported by nodes on six continents.
April 8th, 2019
Culture Summit Abu Dhabi: Incrypt core team member Shashi Menon speaks on a panel about how tech is affecting media.
April 3rd, 2019
Fetch.ai opens a US office and initiates various collaborations at Yale University.
March 30th, 2019
Blockchained India Town Hall: Crypto News coverage of the meetup where Nitin was a speaker.
March 29th, 2019
Fetch.AI: CEO and CTO speak to CoinRivet about becoming the "Google of autonomous intelligent agents”.
March 27th, 2019
Sovrin launches the Sovrin Alliance to create the world's leading destination for SSI education and collaboration.
March 25th, 2019
NITI Aayog Fintech Conclave: At the country's largest fintech stakeholder gathering of its kind, Nitin Sharma represented Incrypt Blockchain, and also spoke to the broader audience about blockchain regulations and the potential for India to lead the digital asset revolution.
March 21st, 2019
Numerai raises $11MM from VC firms Placeholder and Paradigm.
March 21st, 2019
Elixxir: Cryptography legend and Elixxir founder David Chaum argues against Facebook's recent moves.
March 20th, 2019
Elixxir: Forbes story covers Elixxir in the context of Facebook's recent, major announcements concerning data privacy.
March 19th-21st, 2019
Nitin will be at Money2020 conference in Singapore. Iconomi will be exhibiting, while David Chaum will be speaking about Elixxir as well.
March 19th, 2019
Sovrin Network announces it is ready for digital credential issuers.
March 14th, 2019
SpringRole: Seeking Alpha covers SpringRole's user surge reaching 40,000 users.
March 13th, 2019
Ocean Protocol reveals phase 1 plans for a borderless data sharing platform, at the Token2049 conference.
March 13th, 2019
Fetch.ai introduces Minimal Agency consensus protocol, and claims to overcome the "blockchain trilemma" involving scalability, security and decentralization tradeoffs.
March 13th, 2019
Nasscom and Avasant release their 2019 India blockchain report. Incrypt Blockchain had provided inputs as a contributor to the report.
March 12th, 2019
Mudrex: e27 and Yahoo Singapore cover Mudrex's story to becoming the first Indian blockchain startup selected by Y Combinator.
March 11th, 2019
The enterprise blockchain vs. crypto divide: Nitin speaks to YourStory.
March 6th, 2019
Nuo Network shares metrics, emerging as a top 10 decentralized finance app globally.
March 5th, 2019
Ocean Protocol shares launch plans and key partnerships to unlock value of data.
February 28th, 2019
Fetch.ai surges 400% following successful fundraising.
February 26th, 2019
Fetch.ai raises $6MM in 10 seconds on Binance Launchpad.
February 22nd, 2019
Mudrex: Forbes coverage of how Y Combinator backed Mudrex's platform enables non-coders to create trading bots.
February 21st, 2019
Ocean Protocol: CoinList announces plans for Ocean to be its first offering in 2019.
February 21st, 2019
XCHNG's blockchain platform will be the first to implement IAB's OpenDirect standard.
February 20th, 2019
Fetch: Forbes covers Binance's selection of Fetch.ai as the next project for its Launchpad program.
February 20th, 2019
Incrypt and Consensys-backed Nuo Network becomes the first to introduce non-custodial margin trading to Ethereum blockchain.
February 20th, 2019
Nuo Network blogs about introducing non-custodial margin trading with leverage.
February 16th, 2019
Crypto regulation: Jaideep Reddy and Vaibhav Parikh from Nishith Desai Associates, one of India's leading law firms, speak about the need to regulate vs. bans, and cite Incrypt's policy research work.
January 29th, 2019
XCHNG: Forbes piece on Calibrate Blockchain conference, keynoted by Charles Manning, CEO of XCHNG.
January 22nd, 2019
Sovrin: Expansion of founding steward network to Japan, Nigeria and Korea.
January 16th, 2019
Springrole: Blog about the tremendous growth and learnings in 2018.
January 7th, 2019
Fetch: A piece by John Harris in The Guardian talks about Fetch as an example of a project against the big-tech data grab.
December 28th, 2018
XCHNG: Disruptor Daily podcast interviews Charles Manning about how blockchain will bring attribution to mobile apps.
December 2nd, 2018
Crypto regulation in India: Nishith Desai Associates, one of India's leading law firms, published their report, citing Incrypt's work. Jaideep Reddy (one of the authors) is also a key member of the Incrypt community and policy initiatives.
November 29th, 2018
Sovrin: Ledger Insights covers how Sovrin will prevent identity leakages like Equifax.
November 26th, 2018
Sovrin welcomes four new founding stewards.
November 11th, 2018
XCHNG: BreakerMag covers Kochava and XCHNG's potential to minimize fraud in the online advertising space.
November 8th, 2018
The Third Web: Nitin and Sumukh were guests on Arthur Falls' podcast on the overall startup and blockchain scene in India.
November 6th, 2018
LiveMint OpEd: India's leading business daily Mint publishes Nitin and Tanvi's op-ed piece on blockchain in India.
November 6th, 2018
15 industry leaders join Evernym's global accelerator to build the future of digital identity.
November 4th, 2018
Beyond English audiences: Nitin speaks to Business Standard's Hindi edition which covers Incrypt's work in detail.
November 3rd, 2018
Catalyst Series: Incrypt partners with Dunya Labs, Koinex and Govt. of Telangana to bring hands-on developer workshops on emerging protocols.
October 31st, 2018
LetsIgnite Cross Border Investor Summit: Nitin invited to speak about Incrypt.
October 31st, 2018
Evernym and Sovrin publish "7 Myths of Self-Sovereign Identity".
October 25th, 2018
NASSCOM Product Conclave: Nitin speaks at India's largest product conference.
October 23rd, 2018
Kochava and XCHNG CEO Charles Manning speaks to TechInAsia about XCHNG's plans.
October 23rd, 2018
Elixxir announces fundraise from global investors including Korea's Hanhwa Group conglomerate, and Ripple founder Chris Larsen
October 12th, 2018
Closure of Zebpay: Nitin speaks to The Ken.
October 11th, 2018
Downturn in the ICO market: Nitin speaks to The Economic Times.
October 10th, 2018
Indo-Swiss Blockchain Forum hosted at the Swiss Consulate: Incrypt invited to share insights from the India blockchain ecosystem.
October 10th, 2018
Tom Teman, founder of Portis (leading Israeli blockchain startup) writes about their partnership with Springrole and the interactions in India.
October 8th, 2018
Startup Carnival at 91Springboard: Fireside Session on Blockchain.
October 7th, 2018
Incrypt was a local partner for the successful, inaugural Dorahacks India hackathon by Dorahacks (China's largest hackathon platform).
October 6th, 2018
YourStory coverage of the TechSparks panel on blockchain, moderated by Nitin, featuring founders of Springrole, Portis and KoineArth.
October 6th, 2018
Nitin speaks at TechSparks (India's largest startup conference) about Incrypt's work to build the blockchain ecosystem.
October 5th, 2018
IBM - a Sovrin partner - writes about decentralized identity as an alternative to password-based authentication.
October 1st, 2018
Incrypt contributed insights for the e27 feature on Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs).
September 26th, 2018
WalMart and blockchain: Nitin quoted in a YourStory piece on the retailer's plans.
September 26th, 2018
Sovrin & Evernym launch initiative to enable non-profits get on the identity blockchain.
September 24th, 2018
YourStory (India's largest tech publication) covers the Incrypt report on blockchain policy.
September 20th, 2018
Elixxir: Coindesk interviews David Chaum and writes about the "fastest blockchain ever".
September 19th, 2018
Elixxir: The Wall Street Journal covers David Chaum's new project.
September 18th, 2018
The Pros and Cons of ICOs: Nitin's interview with Business Line.
September 10th, 2018
Springrole's SPRING chain crosses 2,000 transactions (actual verifications and attestations).
September 9th, 2018
Incrypt to be a co-host of Dorahacks India hackathon by Dorahacks (China's largest hackathon platform).
September 7th, 2018
Nuo is picked by Consensys as the only Indian blockchain startup to join the inaugural Tachyon accelerator cohort.
September 7th, 2018
Gartner names Evernym as one of the "cool vendors in blockchain technology".
September 3rd, 2018
Toby Simpson, CTO of Fetch.ai blogs about the philosophy behind decision-making by autonomous agents.
August 29th, 2018
Rise of ICOs: Nitin speaks to The HinduBusinessLine.
August 28th, 2018
Issues with government blockchain projects: Sumukh and Tanvi speak to FactorDaily.
August 27th, 2018
Blockmanity covered Incrypt's co-hosted DFinity meetup.
August 20th, 2018
Fetch.ai's first code release is out.
August 16th, 2018
Fetch.ai shares next milestones and long-term roadmap.
August 16th, 2018
Absa Group, one of the leading banks in Africa, joins Sovrin as a Founding Steward.
August 13th, 2018
Incrypt co-hosted a meetup with Arthur Falls from DFinity, one of the world's premier blockchain projects.
August 12th, 2018
Incrypt organized a panel on "UX on the Blockchain" - moderated by Sumukh and featuring Nuo, Springrole and Balance at ETHIndia, Asia's largest Ethereum hackathon.
August 12th, 2018
Nitin was part of the judging panel for ETHIndia, Asia's largest Ethereum hackathon.
August 11th, 2018
Sumukh and Tanvi participated on a panel as part of the PolkaDot meetup at ETHIndia, Asia's largest Ethereum hackathon.
August 6th, 2018
EE Times covers Incrypt's efforts as part of their India blockchain overview.
August 4th, 2018
Nitin spoke at the International Blockchain Congress.
August 3rd, 2018
Nitin speaks to Crypto Kanoon on the sidelines of the International Blockchain Congress.
July 30th, 2018
Crypto News preview of the International Blockchain Congress.
July 27th, 2018
Nitin speaks to leading edtech platform Upgrad as part of their upcoming course on blockchain.
July 26th, 2018
Phil Windley (Sovrin) shares details about the structure of The Sovrin Foundation.
July 25th, 2018
Incrypt launches a video in conjunction with the upcoming release of its policy paper.
July 24th, 2018
IBINEX coverage of Incrypt's work on the policy side.
July 24th, 2018
Nuo introduces ETH backed long-term loans.
July 18th, 2018
The Economic Times covers Incrypt's work in studying impact of regulation on blockchain developers.
July 18th, 2018
VCCircle covers Incrypt's work in studying impact of regulation on blockchain developers.
July 18th, 2018
Entrackr covers Incrypt's report on India's regulation of the blockchain and crypto spaces.
July 17th, 2018
Fetch.ai shares its framework for unlocking the value of data.
July 16th, 2018
Springrole shares updates regarding its advisor verification features.
July 15th, 2018
Phil Windley, Chairman of the Sovrin Foundation blogged about his trip to India.
July 13th, 2018
Incrypt launches Incrypt Fundamentals Index (IFI), an experimental Digital Asset Array (DAA) - the first from India - on Iconomi, to track and invest in fundamentally strong infrastructure tokens and base protocols.
July 12th, 2018
Springrole launches its SPRING Chain protocol with 100 transactions already.
July 10th, 2018
Incrypt will work with ETHIndia to organize Asia's biggest Ethereum hackathon in August. Pre-event in Bangalore on July 14th.
July 10th, 2018
Workday (world's leading enterprise platform for finance and HR) joins as a founding steward of Sovrin Network.
July 9th, 2018
Incrypt hosted Dr. Phil Windley, Chairman of the Sovrin Foundation for a dinner with the Incrypt community.
More on Sovrin here.
July 7th, 2018
Springrole launches an advisor verification feature on the blockchain to combat the widespread issue of fake ICOs and advisors.
Link here. Upvote on Product Hunt here.
June 25th, 2018
Cisco joins as a founding steward of the Sovrin Network.
June 11th, 2018
Fetch.ai raises $15 million to further develop world’s first smart ledger.
June 5th, 2018
Incrypt team participated in a roundtable forum on the "Future of Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Ecosystems" at the Swiss Consulate along with Swissnex, Bussmann Advisory, Procivis and others.
May 30th, 2018
Springrole shares details of pre-sale.
May 15th, 2018
Incrypt team members interacted with the Swiss Consulate & Swissnex team to exchange ideas about collaboration between the Swiss and Indian blockchain communities.
May 14th, 2018
Springrole raises $1.3M via private placement preceding pre-sale.
May 5th, 2018
Consilience 2018: Nitin to speak at the annual conference at the National Law School (NLS), the premier law school in India.
May 4th, 2018
Dr. Philip Windley, Chairman of the Sovrin Foundation interviewed by Rajarshi Mitra.
May 3rd, 2018
Views on regulation in India: Nitin quoted in a Longhash story.
April 30, 2018
Sumukh to attend Crypto Explorers program in Crypto Valley Zug, Switzerland.
April 23rd, 2018
Impact of crypto regulation on blockchain entrepreneurs or dApp developers: Nitin and Sumukh speak to Factor Daily.
April 17th, 2018
Incrypt hosted a deep dive session with select community members on various aspects of blockchain regulation.
April 16th, 2018
Incrypt Blockchain Launches Public Consultation on Crypto Regulation: Incrypt to solicit opinions of the blockchain community, and in conjunction with policy advisors, put out a position paper on regulation of crypto and blockchain in India.
Link to the poll here.
April 7th, 2018
Incrypt's April meetup at Microsoft Accelerator: Coverage by Crypto News.
April 5th, 2018
IBM joins as a founding steward of the Sovrin Network.
April 5th, 2018
Move by the Reserve Bank of India to curb any support for crypto businesses: Nitin speaks to The Economic Times.
March 23rd, 2018
How VCs are treading the crypto world: Nitin speaks to The Economic Times.
March 23rd, 2018
Incrypt is an Outreach Partner to Zooko Wilcox's (ZCash founder) public lecture organized by HasGeek.
March 12nd, 2018
Springrole: Nitin joins the Advisory Board.
March 1st, 2018
Emergence of crypto hedge funds: Nitin quoted in The Economic Times.
February 24th, 2018
ICOs, sentiment in India and the need to be careful: Nitin quoted in The Economic Times.
February 15th, 2018
Govt of Karnataka Blockchain Conclave: Nitin to speak on cryptocurrency, fintech and rise of new economics.
February 15th, 2018
Govt of Karnataka Blockchain Conclave: Coverage by Crypto News.
February 15th, 2018
Govt of Karnataka Blockchain Conclave: Coverage by Analytics India.
February 10th, 2018
Blockchain Summit at IIM-Ahmedabad & CIIE: Nitin to speak on ICOs.
February 8th, 2018
50p Conference: Nitin to speak on ICOs.
February 5th, 2018
Enterprise blockchain in India: Nitin speaks to The Ken.
January 31st, 2018
Springrole: Karthik talks to e27 about blockchain powered recruiting.
January 21st, 2018
GoK hackathon: Incrypt community members as mentors/jury (Vivek, Nitin, Vaidee, Sumukh, Nilesh).
January 17th, 2018
#IncryptBLR: Crypto News covers discussions on ICOs.
January 16th, 2018
#IncryptBLR: Crypto News coverage.
January 13th, 2018
#IncryptBLR: eChai's timeline of the successful event.
January 13th, 2018
Divum NPD Meetup: Nitin and Vaidee discuss altcoins.
December 21st, 2017
Startup Window: Nitin speaks at French accelerator NUMA.
December 8th, 2017
Blockhack Delhi: Joel and Sumukh demystify blockchain and ICOs.
December 7th, 2017
Risks of Bitcoin Investing: Nitin Speaks to LiveMint.
December 6th, 2017
WandX: Economic Times covers the topic of emerging ICOs.
November 30th, 2017
Economic Times Blockchain Conclave: Nitin delivers spotlight address on what blockchain means for the world of investing.
November 27th, 2017
GAMBIT Conference: Nitin speaks to Hyderabad's blockchain community.
October 21st, 2017
BlockHack Bangalore: eChai timeline of the event.
October 11th, 2017
Springrole: Science Blockchain announces launch.
October 10th, 2017
Blockchain Vizag: Nitin speaks at India's largest blockchain conference.
October 1st, 2017
Techstars Startup Weekend: Sumukh organises blockchain hackathon.
September 13th, 2017
Rise of ICOs: Sumukh speaks to Factor Daily.
August 23rd, 2017
Altcoins and exchanges in India: Sumukh speaks to Factor Daily.
FEATURED
Incrypt releases its 50 page report ("Realizing India's Blockchain Potential") in a live session with YourStory, India's largest tech media publication.
YourStory article here.
LiveMint Op-Ed here.
Facebook Live link here.
October 15th, 2020
Persistence raises $3.7M to bridge DeFi and traditional finance: Coverage by e27.
October 1st, 2020
Molecule: Blog about the search for longevity therapeutics.
October 1st, 2020
OnJuno introduces a neobank for US customers (currently in beta mode).
September 20th, 2020
First principles investing and deep tech: Nitin does an episode with VCPreneur Podcast.
September 13th, 2020
Param among top 8 startups in the TBlock accelerator cohort: Coverage in The New Indian Express.
September 3rd, 2020
Springworks’ efforts around employee engagement in the post-Covid era: Coverage by YourStory.
August 26th, 2020
Challenges in financing of drug discovery: Longevity Technology interviews Tyler Golato (Molecule).
August 25th, 2020
XOKind: Blog about a revolutionary approach to how recommendations work.
August 6th, 2020
Springworks to accept fiat payments to process blockchain transactions: Coverage in The Week.
July 30th, 2020
Consequences of the India-China tensions on startup funding: Nitin speaks to Entrepreneur India.
July 29th, 2020
Springworks’ gamification of employee engagement: Coverage in LiveMint.
July 25th, 2020
TBlock (Blockchain District) Accelerator’s demo day: Nitin to speak at the event.
July 15th, 2020
TCS announces Quartz, a business unit focused on digital assets: Nitin speaks to ET Prime.
June 10th, 2020
Entrepreneur India 2020 Tech & Innovation Summit: Nitin to speak on deeptech.
June 10th, 2020
Fundraising in a post-Covid world: Nitin to speak at a Draper Startup House event.
May 30th, 2020
XoKind: YinYin Liu (co-founder) will be a keynote speaker at the 2020 AI summit.
May 22nd, 2020
Param Network: The Hindu's coverage of selection for T-Hub’s fintech accelerator.
May 12th, 2020
SharesPost: TechCrunch's coverage of the SharesPost-Forge merger ($160M deal).
May 12th, 2020
SharesPost: Yahoo Finance coverage of the Forge Global-SharesPost merger.
April 30th, 2020
Value of engineering degrees: Nitin speaks to Rest of World.
April 25th, 2020
Elixxir: Business Standard coverage of $10M raise in an initial sale of the xx coin.
April 16th, 2020
Mudrex: CoinTelegraph coverage of the new product.
April 11th, 2020
Param Network: Inc 42 coverage as part of startups helping address Covid19.
