Blockchain Startup OroPocket is working towards enabling users to create wealth by bridging the gap between physical assets and DeFi.
OroPocket’s conception goes back to the Reserve Bank of India’s prohibition of facilitation of cryptocurrency transactions in Indian banks nearly immediately in 2018. This essentially signaled the beginning of the bearish ‘crypto winter,’ in which blockchain and crypto companies struggled to go ahead.
Co-Founded by Tarusha Mittal with Mohit Madan after the realisation to develop financial software that logged transactions on blockchain. This was the impetus behind Delhi-based Oropocket, a company that enables users to diversify their portfolios beyond conventional assets by investing in digital commodities such as digital gold and silver. Furthermore, it offers financial services to users on top of these investments, assisting with the liquidation of the assets.
As the world is starting to open up towards investing in digital assets, OroPocket is working towards meeting the increased demand from users wanting to explore new wealth creation opportunities.
OroPocket is a fast, simple-to-use online platform that enables access to digital assets on the go. Customers may invest in digital gold or silver, where they own the assets but do not have physical possession of them. The 45-person company keeps gold and silver reserves, which are distributed to users when they buy them online. Ethereum, Tezos, and Polygon blockchains all record ownership and future transactions. Users may spend, purchase, or execute UPI transactions that are backed by these assets. As a result, there is a guarantee that digital gold and silver are extremely liquid.
OroPocket received a $2 million investment in early 2021 from AU21 Capital, LD Capital, Rarestone Capital, Morningstar Ventures, NGC Capital, Alphabit, Moonwhale Ventures, Acheron Capital, Zokyo Ventures, and others.
According to Tarusha, they, like other blockchains, record transactions in secure, public ledgers, giving consumers peace of mind regarding the security of their assets. “When these transactions are recorded on blockchain, everyone can see them, resulting in greater transparency and security. With the introduction of Layer 2 scaling solutions like Polygon and Ethereum 2.0, the procedure becomes even easier owing to low gas costs (transaction fees),” she says.
OroPocket promises that its asset-backed banking services on blockchain (which are decentralised) are free of hidden fees and time-consuming procedures associated with conventional banks (which are centralised entities). The company earns money by collecting a 0.25 percent transaction charge on these transactions.
It also earns money from two other products, OpenDefi and UniFarm, which are part of the broader OroPocket family. “OpenDefi is a decentralised finance (DeFi) solution that combines real and synthetic assets (tokenised derivatives). The backend in this case operates on P2P (peer-to-peer) networks. We charge transaction fees to consumers as well as integration fees to developers that build on top of our protocol,” Tarusha says.
UniFarm enables users to bet their cryptocurrency holdings and earn up to a 250 percent yearly percentage return (APY). It is a farming approach in which blockchain projects collaborate to form a reward pool. Users may stake any token and get numerous tokens in exchange. Staking crypto is a procedure in which crypto assets are committed to maintain blockchain networks and validate transactions. The company does not charge users in the UniFarm concept, but rather the projects and blockchain networks that are connected.
Recently OroPocket has launched Auto-Invest Plan (AIP) with tokenised gold & silver, where users can start small by investing as little as ₹100 per day and have full access to their money. They can withdraw via UPI anytime, anywhere without incurring any fees. With one tap deposit, users can deposit INR in their wallet using OroPocket’s payment gateway. Money will be automatically invested every month (or the set frequency). It is a cakewalk to redeem your assets at maturity, you just have to sell your assets and redeem them from your wallet directly to your bank account at the time of maturity.
While there are many alternative DeFi solutions and crypto-backed yield farming protocols available worldwide, OroPocket says that it has no overall rivals with its product line. It is presently working on obtaining an NBFC license in order to offer lending services to customers as it seeks to create a comprehensive financial ecosystem for the crypto and DeFi sector.
OroPocket gold and silver tokens are the latest entry in the asset-backed crypto tokens space. Users can also withdraw their holdings to any ERC20 compatible Ethereum wallet. Since the assets are tokenised, they can be instantly transferred to any user across the globe even if that user is not on OroPocket, or even if that user does not have a bank account. Exchange your existing crypto with $ORO here.
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