How I Built & Sold NZ's #1 Crypto Startup
Mark Pavlyukovskyy and Hendrik Remigereau host TechMates, the NZVC podcast. The guest on this episode is Janine Grainger, Founder and CEO of Easy Crypto, and it went out on 28 May 2025. It covers the NZVC portfolio company Easy Crypto.
- Guest
- Janine Grainger, Founder and CEO of Easy Crypto
- Date
- 28 May 2025
- Companies
- Easy Crypto
- Watch
- YouTube
- Listen
- Spotify
Janine Grainger, founder and CEO of Easy Crypto, turned a $3,000 Bitcoin curiosity into one of New Zealand's biggest crypto exits, selling to Australia's Swyftx. She recounts regulation hurdles, market crashes, banks that turned her away, and how the pandemic changed crypto adoption. The conversation covers launching a New Zealand dollar stablecoin, fundraising, and her predictions for digital currencies.
- Building and exiting a crypto startup.
- Regulation and banking challenges.
- Surviving crypto market volatility.
- Why stablecoins matter.
Companies in this episode
Easy Crypto, crypto, blockchain, fintech, stablecoins, acquisition, New Zealand tech