CoinDCX hires ex-Amazon Pay Gaurav Arora as SVP of CoinDCX Pro

Rick Steves

CoinDCX caters to more than 13 million users and is backed by a number of large investors, including Polychain Capital, B Capital Group, Bain Capital Ventures, and Coinbase Ventures. 

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CoinDCX has appointed Gaurav Arora as Senior Vice President of CoinDCX Pro, where he will oversee the development of its DeFi ecosystem and spearhead initiatives that will bridge the worlds of TradFi and DeFi.

In this new challenge, Gaurav will lead product, business and growth for this new vertical that aims to build a simplified experience allowing customers to access opportunities in a decentralized economy.

I believe Web3 and Blockchain will save billions of dollars

Gaurav Arora joins the Indian crypto exchange after a decade spent building large fintech superapps, having most recently worked as Director Products, Amazon Pay India, where he was responsible for launching and scaling digital payments across many categories such as Bill Payments, Money Transfers, Financial Service payments, and movie ticketing.

The new SVP of CoinDCX Pro is a trading expert as well for his time in Hong Kong, where he designed and traded arbitrage models in Asian markets for Nomura Securities.

Neeraj Khandelwal, Co-founder of CoinDCX, said: “ I believe Web3 and Blockchain technology will save billions of dollars for the common man and also generate powerful income opportunities as Crypto has a lot of applications for consumers. Gaurav with his extensive experience in building consumer-friendly products will focus on building on the DeFi space which has the potential to financially empower billions. We are delighted to have Gaurav on board when CoinDCX has embarked on a new chapter of growth and innovation”.

Gaurav Arora, Senior Vice President of CoinDCX Pro, commented: “I am happy to join the CoinDCX family. The world of Web3 and DeFi is in its nascent stages and largely inaccessible by most people due to its complexities. We believe that over the next few years, 100s of millions of users will be interacting with the decentralized blockchain ecosystem. Our goal is to provide a bridge for these customers to access the opportunities safely and easily in this system.”

CoinDCX caters to more than 13 million users and is backed by a number of large investors, including Pantera, Steadview Capital, Kingsway, Polychain Capital, B Capital Group, Bain Capital Ventures, Cadenza, Draper Dragon, Republic, Kindred, and Coinbase Ventures.

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