Tangem Becomes Powered By Partner of India Blockchain Tour and Metamorphosis

Global hardware wallet company Tangem joins Octaloop’s India Blockchain Tour 2026 as a Powered By Partner, distributing hundreds of hardware wallets to help Indians understand crypto security and self-custody.

As cryptocurrency adoption matures across India, the next phase of the country’s digital asset journey is increasingly about more than acquiring crypto. It is about understanding how to securely own and control it.

Global hardware wallet company Tangem has joinedIndia Blockchain Tour 2026for its 5th edition and its flagship event Metamorphosis as a Powered By Partner, bringing its expertise in hardware wallet security and self-custody to crypto communities across the country.

As part of the partnership, Tangem will be present across the full India Blockchain Tour 2026, spanning many cities, as well as at Metamorphosis in Hyderabad. The company will distribute hundreds of Tangem hardware wallets throughout the tour as part of an initiative to educate Indian crypto users about self-custody, private-key security and the importance of controlling their own digital assets.

The partnership brings together two organizations with a shared focus on making blockchain technology more accessible: Tangem through simple, secure self-custody infrastructure, and IBT through its nationwide education and community-building initiative.

Making self-custody accessible to the next wave of Indian crypto users

One of the foundational ideas behind cryptocurrency is that individuals can have direct ownership of digital assets without relying entirely on a centralized intermediary.

But with that ownership comes responsibility.

Understanding private keys, wallet security, phishing risks, recovery mechanisms and self-custody is critical for anyone moving beyond simply holding crypto on a centralized platform.

Tangem’s hardware wallets are designed to give users a secure way to manage their digital assets while keeping private keys protected within a hardware device. Its card-based wallet uses NFC technology and is designed without batteries or charging requirements, while its secure element is certified to EAL6+ standards.

Through the Powered By partnership, Tangem will take this education directly to users across India’s crypto ecosystem.

Rather than treating self-custody as a concept reserved for experienced crypto users, the initiative aims to introduce the fundamentals of wallet security to people who are entering the ecosystem for the first time.

Why India matters

India has become one of the world’s most significant cryptocurrency markets.

The country ranked first globally in Chainalysis’ 2025 Global Crypto Adoption Index, highlighting the scale and diversity of crypto adoption across Indian users. Chainalysis estimated that India received approximately $338 billion in on-chain crypto value between July 2024 and June 2025.

That scale makes India an important market not only for crypto adoption, but also for crypto security education.

As more Indians interact with Bitcoin, stablecoins, DeFi, NFTs and other digital assets, understanding where those assets are held—and who ultimately controls them—becomes increasingly important.

For Tangem, India represents an opportunity to take the self-custody conversation to a market where millions of people are already engaging with digital assets.

Taking blockchain education to the last mile

Education has been at the core of India Blockchain Tour since its beginning.

IBT was built on a simple idea: blockchain and Web3 should not be confined to a small group of people in India’s largest technology hubs.

Over the years, the tour has taken blockchain education and ecosystem conversations directly to communities across the country, bringing together founders, developers, investors, students, creators and crypto users.

That mission continues with IBT 2026, which will travel across various cities starting with the flagship event Metamorphosis in Hyderabad.

The focus is deliberately broader than India’s traditional technology centres, creating opportunities to engage users and builders in Tier-1 as well as Tier-2 cities.

“Education is where India Blockchain Tour began, and it remains at the centre of what we do. Our goal has always been to take blockchain and Web3 to the last mile—to the people who are curious about the technology but may not necessarily be part of the traditional crypto hubs,” said Anupam Varshney, Founder of Octaloop and India Blockchain Tour.

“Self-custody is one of the most important concepts for anyone entering crypto. It is not enough to know how to buy an asset; people need to understand how ownership and security actually work. Having Tangem as a Powered By Partner allows us to take that conversation across India and, importantly, turn education into hands-on experience.”

From education to hands-on experience

A key part of Tangem’s participation will be the distribution of hundreds of hardware wallets across the India Blockchain Tour.

The objective is not simply to put hardware in people’s hands, but to use the devices as a practical starting point for conversations around self-custody and security.

For many new users, the concept of a private key or hardware wallet can feel abstract. Demonstrating how a self-custodial wallet works in practice can make those concepts significantly easier to understand.

Tangem’s approach is built around simplicity: its physical card can interact with a smartphone through NFC, while the wallet is designed to keep private keys within the secure element rather than exposing them to the phone or online services.

Powered by Tangem, reaching India’s crypto ecosystem

Tangem’s Powered By partnership extends across the entire India Blockchain Tour 2026, starting at Metamorphosis, Octaloop’s flagship AI and Web3 summit in Hyderabad.

Metamorphosis brings together founders, developers, investors, technology companies, protocols and emerging technology leaders across AI and Web3.

Having Tangem as a Powered By Partner adds another important dimension to that ecosystem: the infrastructure required to securely participate in the digital asset economy.

The partnership also reflects a broader evolution in India’s crypto ecosystem.

The conversation is moving from:

“What can we build with it?”

“How do we own and use digital assets securely?”

Tangem and India Blockchain Tour aim to make sure that the answer to that final question reaches users well beyond India’s biggest crypto and technology communities.

For Tangem, the partnership provides a platform to introduce self-custody to one of the world’s fastest-growing crypto markets.

For IBT, it represents a continuation of its founding mission: bringing blockchain education to the last mile of India.

And for India’s next generation of crypto users, it offers something more fundamental than another introduction to Web3—an opportunity to understand what true digital ownership actually means.

About Tangem

Tangem is a global hardware wallet company focused on secure, self-custodial management of digital assets. Its hardware wallets use a certified EAL6+ secure element and are designed to keep private keys securely stored within the device. Tangem’s wallets support thousands of digital assets across numerous blockchain networks and are built around a simple NFC-based user experience.

About India Blockchain Tour

India Blockchain Tour (IBT) is a nationwide blockchain and Web3 ecosystem initiative by Octaloop. Founded around the mission of blockchain education and community building, IBT takes Web3 conversations directly to communities across India, connecting founders, developers, investors, enterprises, and users across both Tier-1 and Tier-2 cities.

About Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis is IBT’s flagship Web3 x AI Infra summit, bringing together the builders, founders, investors, technology companies and ecosystem leaders shaping the next generation of the internet and emerging technology.

 Disclaimer: This is an Event Partner post and should not be treated as news/advice.

Source: ambcrypto.com