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The 2.5T USD crypto market will not wait for countries to join: CEO of WazirX

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The Indian entrepreneur and CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange WazirX Nischal Shetty envisions that in the coming year, countries will launch a competition to launch their own version of the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).

In an interview with Cointelegraph, Shetty stated that 2022 will be an extension of the ongoing discussions surrounding the emergence of crypto regulations, exchange-traded funds (ETF), and Metaverse:

“We are optimistic that we will gain regulatory clarity and see institutions participating in the promotion of retail adoption. We also hope to see more Metaverse projects enter.”

Shetty points out that today’s encryption industry-directly or indirectly-employs approximately 50,000 employees in India, according to NASSCOM Research, The growth rate is expected to increase by 2 times by 2030, and it is possible to create more than 800,000 jobs.

Acknowledging the delay in global cryptocurrency regulations, Shetty Tell The Economic Times believes that overnight supervision may damage the progress of the ecosystem and leave loopholes for bad actors:

“There is a 2.5 trillion dollar market, and it will not wait for any country to join. I have been posting’#IndiaWantsCrypto’ on Twitter for more than 1,000 days, and the only goal is to implement crypto regulation in India.”

Discussions around cryptocurrency are widespread in India this year because Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitalaman Cited the necessity of encryption regulations.In addition, the winter The Indian Parliament introduced an encryption bill Seek to ban “private” cryptocurrencies.

“The question for each country is’Do they want to participate and share this pie?’,” Shetty asked. He also predicted that if the next year follows a growth trajectory similar to that in 2021, the number of people involved in encryption worldwide will increase from 150 million to 400 million.

Shetty emphasized that as investors try to resell through the secondary market, the buying boom for non-fungible tokens (NFT) may slow down in 2022, adding:

“Web3 will open the door to innovation and more startups in India. With the rise of NFT, it will play a huge role in boosting India’s creator economy.”

The cryptocurrency exchange WazirX has led a lot of marketing efforts to educate Indian investors about cryptocurrencies and issue transparency reports and policies to increase the credibility of the ecosystem. Shetty believes that disseminating correct information and eliminating misinformation will speed up the adoption of encryption in India, and concluded that:

“Cointelegraph has done a great job in disseminating the education and awareness of cryptocurrency to the masses. I wish all readers a very happy and crypto-filled New Year in the new year!”

related: India regulates rather than prohibits encryption: Cabinet documents

Local reports in early December indicated that the Indian government will supervise the crypto industry instead of imposing a complete ban.

According to the Indian news media NDTV, a cabinet statement on the proposed encryption bill contains recommendations for the regulation of cryptocurrencies as encrypted assets. The Securities and Exchange Commission of India (SEBI) is responsible for overseeing the supervision of local crypto exchanges.

However, NDTV reported that Sunil Prabhu stated that the Indian government will not treat mainstream adoption of cryptocurrency as legal tender:

“[Cryptocurrency] It will not be accepted as legal tender. This is a definite no. I think even the Prime Minister made it clear during the deliberations at that meeting to ensure that this does not happen. “