Cryptocurrency is here to stay: Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma

"I am very positive about crypto. It is fundamentally based on cryptography and will be the mainstream technology in a few years like the internet which is (now) part of daily life," he said.

Fintech firm Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma on Thursday said cryptocurrency is here to stay and it is fundamentally based on cryptography, the study of secure communications techniques. Speaking at an interactive session organised by ICC virtually, Sharma said crypto is Silicon Valley’s answer to Wall Street.
 
“I am very positive about crypto. It is fundamentally based on cryptography and will be the mainstream technology in a few years like the internet which is (now) part of daily life,” he said.

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