PANews reported on December 8th that, according to TechCrunch, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has reopened its app registration function in India after suspending operations for over two years. Currently, users can trade between cryptocurrencies. However, at India Blockchain Week (IBW), John O'Loghlen, Coinbase's Director for Asia Pacific, stated that the company will open fiat currency deposits in 2026, at which point Indian users will be able to deposit funds and purchase cryptocurrencies.
Coinbase launched its services in India in 2022, but within days had to discontinue support for the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payment network because UPI operator National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) refused to acknowledge Coinbase's presence in India. Later in 2023, Coinbase ceased all operations for Indian users and asked them to empty their accounts.

Robinhood acquired an Indonesian brokerage and digital asset trading firm to access a market with 17 million crypto investors. Crypto and stock trading platform Robinhood is set to tap into Indonesia’s burgeoning cryptocurrency trading market after an agreement to acquire two local fintech companies.In an announcement on Sunday, Robinhood said it has entered into agreements to acquire Buana Capital, an Indonesian brokerage, and PT Pedagang Aset Kripto, a licensed Indonesian digital financial asset trader, “marking our entry into one of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing markets.”It said that Indonesia has more than 19 million capital market investors and 17 million crypto investors, making it a “compelling market for equities and crypto trading.”Read more

