Crypto giant Coinbase has suspended support for UPI payments instrument on its app in India, making its eponymous exchange non-functional again for any purchase orders less than three days after launching the trading service in the world’s second largest internet market.
Users in India attempting to purchase any token listed on Coinbase app are being informed that the UPI payment method is “currently unavailable.” The app urges users to try another payments method, but currently it doesn’t support any other method for purchase in the country, according to several users.
The move follows a strange statement from the National Payments Corporation of India, the governing body that oversees UPI in the country, which said on Thursday evening that it was not aware of any crypto exchange using UPI payments instrument.
In a statement later that day, Coinbase said it was committed to working with NPCI and other relevant authorities. TechCrunch had asked Coinbase on Thursday if it planned to continue to support UPI payments while it engaged with different authorities. The company did not respond to the question.
