India, March 7 -- Alessandro Palombo, the co-founder and CEO of Bitcoin advisory firm Bitizenship, listed seven reasons why Karnataka's Bengaluru should be on your radar.

Alessandro Palombo called Bengaluru a $158-billion startup ecosystem which accounts for 66 per cent of India's IT exports and is where over 40 unicorns were born.

The Bitcoin chief said that the city is "not just India's hub but a world player" and that it was ranked 21st worldwide. "Bengaluru is no sleeper. It is a launchpad drawing eyes from Silicon Valley to Shenzhen," Palombo said.

For the second reason, he said Bengaluru is a "tech talent hub". "Over 100,000 engineers graduate yearly, powering 400+ R&D centers-Samsung's biggest outside Korea, Intel's AI labs. It ...