Janine Grainger

CEO at Easy Crypto

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Bio CEO and Co Founder of Easy Crypto, New Zealand's leading cryptocurrency trading platform. Easy Crypto offers a secure, simple and easy-to-understand way for everyone to get involved in the cryptocurrency market supporting over 250,000 users across NZ, Australia and South Africa.

Blogs

Making cents (sense!) of post-halving pricing…

23 Apr 2024

The transaction that first gave Bitcoin any sort of monetary value happened in October 2009 when a Finnish computer science student Martti Malmi (‘Sirius’) sold 5,050 coins for $5.02, meaning each Bitcoin was worth $0.0009 each. In today’s terms, if he had held on to his coins, he’d be (circa) NZ$555,500,000 richer. Today, we all know “someone who...

What everyday investors need to know about a ‘Bitcoin halving’

09 Apr 2024

As we head towards mid April, the investment world is abuzz with speculation and hype around the upcoming ‘Bitcoin halving’. But what is a Bitcoin halving, and why is it so significant in terms of price? More pointedly - should we place our faith in predictions around the current Bitcoin halving leading to a bull run? And if prices do inflate, wil...

Crypto taxes: ignorance is never bliss!

20 Mar 2024

Crypto has become the darling of alternative investments, captivating the financial world with heart-stopping falls (hello 2021 and 2022) and meteoric rises (hello 2024 and the potential effects of halving). But amidst the adrenaline-fuelled rollercoaster ride that is crypto trading, many enthusiasts forget about taxation - mistakenly assuming cry...

Crypto is in ‘catch-up’ mode when it comes to inclusivity...

04 Mar 2024

As the very first crypto, Bitcoin was designed to encourage financial equality - it was a way to make online payments from one party to another without needing a ‘third party’; and it gave anyone with internet access a chance to participate in the financial ecosystem. But for all of the industry’s meteoric growth, optimism and progress - this isn’...

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