“Please do not fall for misinformation,” Indian crypto alternate CoinDCX’s Co-founder and CEO, Sumit Gupta, stated Saturday amid allegations that the alternate moved consumer funds to non-compliant entities in Lithuania.
The allegation was reportedly made by one other Indian alternate, WazirX, which has been underneath scrutiny since final yr’s $230 million hack.
In an affidavit filed as a part of the Singapore Excessive Court docket proceedings (scheduled for a listening to on July 15, 2025), WazirX reportedly claimed that CoinDCX held consumer funds in a Lithuania-based entity that was not registered with India’s Monetary Intelligence Unit (FIU) till February 2025.
Gupta denied these allegations in a message to CoinDesk, stressing that his India-based customers’ INR and crypto funds have at all times been held by Neblio Applied sciences, our FIU-IND registered entity, which is totally compliant with all Indian legal guidelines.
“For the document: CoinDCX didn’t have any entity in Lithuania till Feb 2025. We solely engaged with third-party entities to discover potential world growth. No enterprise was ever performed by CoinDCX (Neblio Applied sciences) in Lithuania, and no consumer funds had been ever moved to or held by any Lithuania-based entity,” Gupta stated.
He added that the alternate up to date its Phrases of Use to make Neblio Applied sciences the formal contracting celebration on Feb. 7 this yr, and the change was made to strengthen transparency and consumer belief.
“We did this proactively in order that CoinDCX customers by no means face challenges like these seen throughout the WazirX episode. This method safeguards customers’ pursuits, and we hope different Indian exchanges undertake the identical customary,” Gupta stated, including that the alternate “stays dedicated, as at all times, to consumer security, transparency, and regulatory compliance.
