Ahmedabad

All about Cryptocurrency Market

Happened on September 16, Saturday, 2017
10:30pm — 01:30am (GMT+05:30)
Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship
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There is a growing consensus that cryptocurrencies will certainly play a crucial role in the way we deal with money. In April 2017, the total market cap for all cryptocurrencies, combined, was slightly higher than $25 Bn. The same market cap shot up by 300% and touched $100 Bn within 60 days. It is already widely reported that cryptocurrency, as an asset class, is set to outpace all other asset classes in relative growth.

However, things changed drastically after the demonetisation drive announced by PM Narendra Modi. This action was meant to curtail counterfeit cash, but it also left many people panicking. In the panic, Indian residents turned to Bitcoin. Google recently reported that searches from India about Bitcoin have reached all-time highs, and the value has too.

And these are just teasers. We have a fantastic lineup of experts from several industries who are coming down to Startup Saturday Ahmedabad - All About Cryptocurrency Market.

And we'd love to have you over to hear these experts & share with us your views on the industry. To do this, you can buy your tickets here: http://bit.ly/ssahm_sept17

Speakers:

Mr Sandeep Goenka

Sandeep Goenka is co-founder of Zebpay, India’s leading bitcoin exchange. He’s a Certified Bitcoin Professional by C4, USA.
Zebpay emerged as winners among global bitcoin companies at CoinAgenda 2014, Las Vegas. It is India’s most popular bitcoin exchange. Zebpay has touched 10 lac downloads.
If you search for What is bitcoin on Youtube, Sandeep’s video is among the top 3 videos. He writes aggressively on social media on global finance, economy, investments and of course bitcoins.
He’s also member of LetsVenture . com, India’s leading tech funding platform. He has been voted as one of top angel investors in India by Inc42.
Originally from Mumbai, he’s based in Ahmedabad since 2006. Sandeep did his schooling and college from NM College, Mumbai. He then switched streams and did Engineering from De Montfort University, UK. On returning, he did his MBA in Entrepreneurship from SP Jain, Mumbai. He did the Startup Leadership Program from Mumbai in 2013.

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