Bitcoin adoption in India 🇮🇳 remains one of the most underreported trends in Bitcoin. An incredible amount of adoption is happening in one of the world's most populous countries, and it's occurring thanks to the work that the likes of Karan Gill (@KrnGill5) and Aditya Ranjan (@em_Adii) of @bitcoinbharat_ are doing. Gill and Ranjan have organized almost 100 in-person Bitcoin education events across India, reaching over 13,000 of their fellow countrypeople in the process. What is more, they aim to educate 100,000 Indians in-person before 2027 is out. And this is to say nothing of their efforts to teach corporate leaders in India about the value of investing in bitcoin, how they incentivize Indian Bitcoin content creators, or the major Bitcoin conference they plan to host in India in 2027. I wrote about all of this and more in my latest Spotlight piece for @fedibtc. Enjoy!

Excited to share that we have joined the @Circle Alliance Program, a global community of teams focused on bringing the world on-chain, powered by USDC!

4/ Bredit In India, you can buy anything on EMI (equated monthly installments): cars, homes, phones, etc. Why not Bitcoin? They’re trying to make Bitcoin accessible via EMIs @SwapsoApp

India is almost invisible on the global Bitcoin stage. We export talent but don’t build brands. This accelerator was an attempt to change that. Here is what 9 teams built over 12 weeks with 0.1 BTC on the line.....👇

This is where Bredit.xyz was born 🫡

Metaplanet is aggressively accumulating Bitcoin, signaling a major shift in corporate treasury strategy toward BTC as a reserve asset. As inflation, currency debasement, and global uncertainty rise, companies are rotating capital from fiat into Bitcoin - digital gold, scarce, and sovereign. Institutional adoption is accelerating. Corporate balance sheets are changing. The Bitcoin standard is emerging. #Bitcoin #BTC #Metaplanet #BitcoinNews

Here are the participants preparing their pitches. They've come a LONG since since their first attempt. x.com/studentofbtc/status/20…

Week-10: Building a Bitcoin Company - Won student of Bitcoin accelerator pitch day by @studentofbtc - ⁠rejected in both base cohort 3 and alliance dao @alliance @base - ⁠almost completed all the deliverable for this week like creating financial model, raise amount and new deck - ⁠launched waitlist for Bredit. - ⁠launched beta for Bredit, you can take upto 30k sats on loan Next week launching referral program for Bredit. Visit Bredit: bredit.xyz Download SwapSo: SwapSo.io #startup #founder #iitbombay #bitcoin

2nd product by SwapSo is on the way 🔥🔥

₿redit waitlist is live. We're building the simplest way to buy Bitcoin - through monthly EMIs. -Interest rates starting from 6% -Loan tenure up to 5 yrs -No Bitcoin liquidation risk (optional) The waitlist is now open. It's first-come, first-served Bredit.xyz

Week#9: Building a Bitcoin company Updates: ● Applied for @alliance DAO and got 2 referrals ● New App version is available on both IOS and android with SwapSo ID ● Communication with Base and Deribit team is going well ● Pitched Bredit to 4 people this week including 1 intense pitch of 1hour of explaining everything. ● Took Bitcoin session in IIT Patna ● Liquidity Partner meeting didn’t end well, they need at least 6 months of historic business to proceed with partnership. ● Demand generation activity delayed again ● My Base interview didn’t went wel, although waiting for results Resources: Download SwapSo: Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d… IOS: apps.apple.com/in/app/swapso… Thanks for your attention, see you next week! #startup

Bredit.xyz dropping soon

India has Bitcoin users. But what about Bitcoin companies? Not many exist! The first cohort of the Student of Bitcoin Accelerator is trying to answer that question. Today, we’re revealing the teams building across payments, hardware, identity, and more👇

Week#6: Building a Bitcoin company @SwapsoApp 
Updates: •New App Version: We have created a new version of the app featuring both stablecoin and Bitcoin wallets with an updated user experience. This should roll out this week for both iOS and Android. •Stablecoin to Bitcoin: We are adding a feature to convert stablecoin to Bitcoin (similar to @Strike ). We worked on this last week. •Bitcoin Options: I am personally learning about Bitcoin options trading to create a full-fledged model for "Bitcoin on EMI". •Distribution Partners: We are trying to get exchange partners for the distribution of the "Bitcoin on EMI" product. Instead of building the distribution ourselves, we will partner with exchanges that already have a large reach. To discuss this, I am going to Bangalore to meet. 
Resources:

Download SwapSo:
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d…
IOS: apps.apple.com/in/app/swapso… Thanks for your attention, see you next week!!

Week#5: Building a Bitcoin company 
Updates: •Worked around new loan safety structure for less risk on company and new potential revenue streams •Started reaching out to Liquidity providers, no luck yet •Rolled out new app version in react native, along with improved user experience •Started working on StableCoin offering in SwapSo •Finalising MVP tech arch for Bitcoin on EMI Resources:

Download SwapSo:
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d…
IOS: apps.apple.com/in/app/swapso… 
Thanks for your attention, see you next week!!

Be ready for 30k 🧡

Every download represents growing trust in our mission to make Bitcoin more accessible and usable for everyone. Thank you to our early users and partners for being part of this journey. #Swapso #Bitcoin

We’re opening the doors! 🔥 𝐒𝐰𝐚𝐩𝐒𝐨 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞. Built for the people, by the people. Dive into the code, contribute, and shape the future of Bitcoin payments. GitHub: github.com/Swapso-App/BTC-mo… #Bitcoin #OpenSource #SwapSo

Union Budget 2026: The Verdict 🏛️ 30% Tax & 1% TDS? Unchanged. Reporting Norms? Stricter. The message is clear: Stability over shock. The government is finally treating crypto as a serious asset class.

Boy or girl SwapSo doesn’t do partiality, self custody for everyone 🫡