{"id":456571,"date":"2024-12-09T19:27:18","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T19:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=456571"},"modified":"2025-09-25T23:14:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T22:14:09","slug":"jetking-infotrain-becomes-indias-first-public-company-to-hold-bitcoin-as-treasury-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/jetking-infotrain-becomes-indias-first-public-company-to-hold-bitcoin-as-treasury-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Jetking Infotrain becomes India&#8217;s first public company to hold Bitcoin as treasury reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jetking Infotrain became India's first publicly traded company to adopt Bitcoin (<a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/bitcoin\/\">BTC<\/a>) as a reserve asset for its treasury after purchasing 12 BTC on Dec. 9, according to the firm's <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CEO Avinash Bharwani.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The company's Bitcoin reserve is worth roughly $1.2 million, at $97,986.35 per BTC as of press time. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/google\/\">Google<\/a> Finance<\/span> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/finance\/quote\/517063:BOM?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjNwc-MlpuKAxWMLbkGHUzUAeAQ3ecFegQITBAg\">data<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Jetking Infotrain\u2019s market cap is nearly $4.5 million, which means the firm's BTC stash represents over 26% of its size.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an interview with Bitcoin proponent <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/people\/max-keiser\/\">Max Keiser<\/a> at the Bitcoin Conference MENA in Abu Dabhi, Bharwani stated that Jetking Infotrain's treasury would mix equities and BTC to boost the company's price in the long term.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He added:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;We are the first ones to do it, and we are kind of talking to the regulators to see how we can formalize it and make sure everything is within that spectrum.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jetking Infotrain was created in 1947 under the name of Jetking Electronics and offered trading of electronic goods in India, performing its initial public offering in 1986 on the Bombay Stock Exchange.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Livemint<\/span> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/companies\/company-results\/jetking-infotrain-q1-results-profit-at-rs-3-11cr-revenue-increased-by-1-83-yoy-11723096783048.html\">data<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> reveals that the company\u2019s profit for the first quarter was $366,520, followed by an operating income increase of nearly 39% over quarters and 36% yearly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The first publicly traded Indian company adding a Bitcoin reserve news comes on the same day <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/microstrategy\/\">MicroStrategy<\/a> added <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/saylor\/status\/1866106687699964016\">more 21,550 BTC<\/a> to its stash and Bitcoin miner <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/riot-platforms\/\">Riot Platforms<\/a> unveiled a plan to raise <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/riot-platforms-shares-dip-despite-500-million-bitcoin-acquisition-strategy\/\">$500 million to buy BTC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Building blocks<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prominent crypto lawyer Suril Desai is reportedly leading the Indian company's discussions with regulators. Desai was also involved with India-based exchange Unocoin and represented the firm when it filed a right-to-information request with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in 2020, asking if banks could provide accounts to crypto firms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His efforts culminated in the country's Supreme Court ordering the central bank to\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.unocoin.com\/2023\/03\/04\/historic-ruling-4th-march-2020-indias-supreme-court-lifts-rbis-ban-on-banks-from-facilitating-crypto-transactions\/\">lift a nearly 2-year ban<\/a><\/strong> on banks facilitating crypto transactions after the RBI told the court there were no official restrictions on providing such services. Bharwani weighted on the decision:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;I think it was really important because that started putting the building blocks for Bitcoin and blockchain, and they also fought the RBI in terms of getting the whole regulator ban lifted. So, now, people can hold Bitcoin on their balance sheet legally.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also highlighted that tax reporting is still a work in progress, as the tax for Bitcoin gains in India is 30%.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jetking Infotrain became India&#8217;s first publicly traded company to adopt Bitcoin (BTC) as a reserve asset for its treasury after purchasing 12 BTC on Dec. 9, according to the firm&#8217;s CEO Avinash Bharwani. The company&#8217;s Bitcoin reserve is worth roughly $1.2 million, at $97,986.35 per BTC as of press time. 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