Pankaj Jangid

I want to address what happened to Neeraj and me last week. Of course, it was quite shocking to us as well and honestly very disheartening. But today, we want to talk about what actually happened and more importantly, what we’re going to do about it. On March 21, we were taken into police custody in connection with a fraud complaint. Three days later, on March 24, a Thane court granted us bail, finding that prima facie, no case was made out against us. The fraud at the centre of this complaint was carried out through a fake website - "coindcx.pro" by impersonators who have absolutely no connection to our platform, our systems, or CoinDCX. No money moved through CoinDCX. No transaction occurred on our exchange. The complainant himself confirmed in court that he did not know us and had never met us. I'll be honest: our experience was deeply unsettling. Not because we doubted the facts -- we knew from the first moment that this had nothing to do with us. But because it made something painfully clear: the ecosystem we operate in doesn't yet have the tools to tell the difference between the people building this industry responsibly and the people exploiting it. Think about what this precedent means: if a scammer uses your brand, your name, your face in a fake website and defrauds someone, you can be arrested. Not the scammer. You. This Could Happen to Any founder, Any Business. That has to change. And we've decided that CoinDCX will lead that change - not with words, but with actions. Today, we are announcing Digital Suraksha Network (D.S.N.) - a ₹100 crore commitment from CoinDCX to build the cyber safety infrastructure that India's digital finance ecosystem needs but does not yet have. This is not a crypto problem. This is a problem across any company which has a digital footprint. Here's what we're building: → 24x7 WhatsApp helpline: free for everyone, not just CoinDCX users, to verify links, platforms, and offers before you transact. → Open Fraud Intelligence API: We have already documented 1,200+ fraudulent websites impersonating CoinDCX. That data sat inside our systems. Not anymore. We're building an open API to share this intelligence in real time and inviting every exchange, fintech, bank, and digital lender to contribute. A shared immune system for India's digital finance ecosystem. → Cyber Safety Infrastructure for Law Enforcement: The Digital Suraksha Network will fund training programmes for state cybercrime cells on blockchain forensics and digital asset tracing. → "Caution Before Transaction": a nationwide initiative to give every Indian the tools to participate in digital finance safely. We know that no single company can solve this. Fraud networks are sophisticated, cross-border, and evolving daily. Nowadays, they make use of AI that makes them exponentially harder to catch. But someone has to start to fix this problem from the root. We are putting ₹100 crore on the table because the ecosystem cannot afford to wait. I am asking every platform, every regulator, and every Indian who participates in digital finance to join us. We want to ensure that anyone building startups in India like us can do so with confidence, and not with fear.

Imagine going to work expecting your salary, only to find payments stuck because a foreign software company has halted services due to external sanctions. That’s what’s happening with Nayara Energy. Nayara is an Indian company, though Russia’s Rosneft holds a 49.13% stake. It had a valid contract with the Indian entity of SAP, a German software services company. Yet, citing EU sanctions on Russia, SAP has suspended services for Nyara energy, treating an Indian firm as if it were a sanctioned Russian entity. This isn’t a small issue. SAP runs critical systems like payments, supply chains, and taxes. Disrupting it affects salaries, operations, and even energy supply. The key question is: why should foreign geopolitical affairs override lawful contracts in India? We already enforce RBI compliance on foreign firms in finance; we need similar safeguards to ensure contracts in India are honoured, companies are protected from foreign sanctions, and critical operations aren’t disrupted by external decisions. If not addressed, this sets a dangerous precedent, leaving Indian businesses vulnerable to decisions made far beyond our borders. etedge-insights.com/technology/why…

Please use our tax money for the repairs. This gives frustration multiple times in a year - @FinMinIndia @nsitharaman