Start with Bitcoin in India here: watch the live price, replay ten years of an SBP on real prices, understand your tax, and ask Satoshi anything in English or Hindi. Powered by Unocoin, India's first Bitcoin platform, since 2013.
An SBP (Systematic Buying Plan) is like a SIP for Bitcoin.
Risk: Crypto products and NFTs are unregulated and can be highly risky. There may be no regulatory recourse for any loss from such transactions.
FIU-IND registered · Since 2013 · 95% cold storage
Right now, this much buys
1 Bitcoin = 10 crore sats. You can own a small slice of one.
SBP Time Machine
Pick an amount, how often, and a start month. We replay it against every real daily Bitcoin price in rupees since 2016. It is a look backward, not a forecast.
Worth less than the money put in. Bitcoin prices fall as well as rise.
The FD line assumes 7% a year, compounded quarterly, before tax. It is an assumption for comparison, not any bank's quote. Bitcoin prices are daily closes from Yahoo Finance (BTC-INR), cross-checked against CoinGecko. Past prices do not predict future ones.
Risk: Crypto products and NFTs are unregulated and can be highly risky. There may be no regulatory recourse for any loss from such transactions.
Ask Satoshi · AI
Satoshi is an AI guide that explains Bitcoin, India's rules, tax and security in plain words. Write in Hindi and it answers in Hindi.
Satoshi is an AI for learning and can make mistakes. It is not investment or tax advice. Your questions are sent to Anthropic's Claude to write the answer; IndiaBitcoin does not store them.
Tax Desk
India's crypto tax rules are simple but strict. Enter what you paid and what you sold for, and see the whole bill.
Flat tax on profit, whatever your income. Only the cost of buying is deducted, no other expenses.
TDS on the sale value. Indian platforms usually deduct it for you, and it counts toward your tax.
Loss relief: a loss cannot be set off against other income or gains, or carried forward.
Every sale goes in Schedule VDA of your income tax return.
Schedule VDA is the part of the income tax return (usually ITR-2 or ITR-3) where you list every crypto sale in the year. For each sale you give:
Tax at 30% (plus cess) is worked out on the total. TDS deducted during the year shows in your Form 26AS and AIS, and you set it against this tax. If more TDS was deducted than the tax due, you claim the rest back as a refund.
Not tax advice. This is a general calculation based on the Finance Act 2022 rules. Surcharge at higher incomes and TDS thresholds can also apply. Check with a CA before you file.
The story
Unocoin started in Bangalore in 2013. On 6 April 2018 the Reserve Bank told the banks it regulates to stop serving crypto businesses. Unocoin stayed and fought: it was part of the case that challenged the ban in the Supreme Court of India. On 4 March 2020 the Supreme Court set aside the RBI circular.
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Regulation
Unocoin is registered with the Financial Intelligence Unit of India under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. FIU-IND publishes the list of registered virtual digital asset service providers.
FIU-IND, source ↗Legal
The Supreme Court of India struck down the RBI banking ban in Internet and Mobile Association of India v. Reserve Bank of India.
Judgment, source ↗Security
The large majority of customer assets are held offline in cold storage with multi-signature wallets and regular security audits.
Unocoin, source ↗Track record
India's first Bitcoin platform, serving 2.26 million-plus verified users for over a decade.
Unocoin, source ↗Backed by Tim Draper · Barry Silbert · Blume Ventures
As seen in Economic Times · NDTV · Bloomberg Quint · Forbes India
Products
A Systematic Buying Plan buys Bitcoin for you daily, weekly, or monthly from just ₹10. Zero SBP fees.
Buy and sell Bitcoin and USDT instantly with rupees via IMPS or NEFT.
Most assets are held offline with multi-sig wallets, biometric authentication, and regular security audits.
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Understand it first, then start with only what you can afford to lose. Even ₹10 works.
Risk: Crypto products and NFTs are unregulated and can be highly risky. There may be no regulatory recourse for any loss from such transactions.