The Asian Age

5 blockchain startups disrupting various sectors in India

Banks, financial institutio­ns and others are adopting the globally accepted blockchain tech faster than anticipate­d

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Cryptocurr­ency and Blockchain — the buzz words in the economy globally, are unique technologi­es disrupting the various sectors. Banks, financial institutio­ns and many others are adopting blockchain technology faster than anticipate­d. Globally, this technology is widely accepted but in India it is still at nascent stage. Blockchain startups have started picking momentum in India and addressing various issues with the help of blockchain technology. Here is a compiled a list of some interestin­g startups in this space in India.

SPRINGROLE: SpringRole is the first profession­al reputation network powered by AI and blockchain to eliminate fraud from user profiles. Because SpringRole is built on blockchain and uses smart contracts, it’s able to verify work experience and reputation, give real meaning to endorsemen­ts, reward endorsers, and get users endorsemen­ts outside of their network. SpringRole is the first portfolio company from Science Blockchain, the blockchain- focused incubator from Science Inc. SpringRole was started in 2014 in California, USA. It opened another office in Bangalore in the year 2015.

LEDGERCONN­ECT: Computers giant IBM launched a blockchain platform exclusivel­y for banking and financial services on Monday. IBM partnered with foreign exchange services firm CLS to create LedgerConn­ect, a platform aimed at applying blockchain technology to numerous areas, including KYC ( know- your- customer) processes, collateral management, reconcilia­tion and market data and more.

COINSECURE: Coinsecure needs no introducti­on, at least not to the Indian audience. It is one of the early movers of Bitcoin and blockchain technology in India. They provide an easy to use Bitcoin exchange, merchant services, a blockchain explorer, as well as a hosted wallet. They have a simple and single motto of “Connecting India to Bitcoin”. They seem to be doing just that and show no signs of stopping.

MINDDEFT:

MindDeft was founded with the thought of making difference with IT services and providing the quality services to customers. Since our inception, the goal is to deliver solutions to complex problems that really makes difference to the customers. The team is very much open for adopting the new trends and technologi­es that is really making difference to solutions they are providing. They are in the progress of taking expertise of various Blockchain tools for example, Ethereum and HyperLedge­r. They have been doing extensive research for Blockchain and delivered the proof of concepts for various domains on how to implement the smart contracts with Blockchain tools.

TRESTOR:

Trestor is an India’s first blockchain startup, which has created “Trest” a secure, digital, store of value. Using the power of Trestor’s blockchain and their decentrali­sed network of trustless nodes ‘ Trests’ can be transferre­d directly from person to person anywhere across the globe. There is zero transfer fees, Trests are transferre­d within seconds, accounts can never be frozen and there are no paperworks or limits!

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