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  1. Gent, E. (2022). “Web3 Ride-Hailing App Drife Takes on Uber in India.” IEEE Spectrum (Aug. 25, 2022). https://spectrum.ieee.org/blockchain-ridehailing-app-drife-takes-on-uber-in-india – (Independent report confirming DRIFE’s early traction with over 10,000 drivers and 100,000 riders in Bangalore as of 2022spectrum.ieee.org.)

  2. Karunakaran, N. (2025). “The Gig Economy in India.” Journal of Management Research and Analysis, 12(1), 67–73. https://pdf.ipinnovative.com/pdf/24122 – (Discusses challenges for gig workers; notes that a significant number operate informally, restricting their access to credit and formal financial servicespdf.ipinnovative.com.)

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  4. Uber Technologies Inc. (2023). “Uber Announces Results for Second Quarter 2023.” Press Release (Aug. 1, 2023). https://investor.uber.com/news-events/news/press-release-details/2023/Uber-Announces-Results-for-Second-Quarter-2023/default.aspx – (Uber’s official financial disclosure reporting 6 million active drivers and couriers on its platform in Q2 2023, and a Mobility take rate around 29% – reflecting the high commission fees typical of ride-hailing platformsinvestor.uber.cominvestor.uber.com.)

  5. Uber Engineering (2018). “Uber’s Big Data Platform: 100+ Petabytes with Minute Latency.” Uber Engineering Blog (Oct. 17, 2018). https://www.uber.com/en-GB/blog/uber-big-data-platform/ – (Describes Uber’s data infrastructure; Uber’s platform was ingesting “tens of terabytes” of new data per day into its data lake, demonstrating the massive volume (terabytes) of mobility data siloed within such platformsuber.com.)

  6. Giovane (2025). “DRIFE Challenges Uber Pay Rates With Web3 Tech in Dubai.” Bitcoinsensus News (July 8, 2025). https://www.bitcoinsensus.com/news/business/drife-challenges-uber-pay-rates-with-web3-tech-in-dubai – (Reports that Dubai’s regulators approved DRIFE to launch locally, with around 1,000 drivers going live, marking one of the region’s largest Web3-based ride-hailing deploymentsbitcoinsensus.com.)

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