EP 76 : Crypto for India | Nischal Shetty (Founder, WazirX)

Mar 27, 2021

41:08

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Disclaimer: The information provided in this podcast does not constitute investment, financial, trading, or any other sort of advice. Do conduct your own due diligence and consult your financial advisor before making any investment decisions.

Bitcoin is a new alternative asset class. It has been around for over a decade and withstood two global recessions. In 2017, Nischal Shetty founded WazirX, which today has grown to become India's largest cryptocurrency exchange. Nishcal is a Blockchain influencer on Twitter with over 50K followers. He's on a mission to involve everyone in the blockchain revolution and has been a part of online campaigns like #IndiaWantsCrypto that evangelises the adoption of cryptocurrency in India.

Prior to starting WazirX, he founded Crowdfire after an all-night coding session.

In this conversation, Roshan talks to Nischal to explore more about -

- Nischal's journey thus far (01:16)

- Starting WazirX (3:31)

- Building trust in a new category (07:19)

- Educating customers with the right information (13:30)

- Influencing crypto policies & regulations (16:23)

- Evangelising crypto-community in India (21:41)

- WazirX - The business (24:35)

- Being acquired by Binance in 2019 (32:58)

- Transitioning to decentralised finance (34:48)

- Future for crypto in India (38:25)