🎙️ Guest: Kelghe D’Cruz, Founder & CEO of PAIRS
🕒 Duration: ~48 minutes
Episode Overview
In this episode, host Lindsey McConaghy chats with Kelghe D’Cruz, founder and CEO of PAIRS, a platform bringing DeFi and CeFi tools into one interface. Kelghe shares how his early experiments with Dogecoin, a healthcare startup, and a near-ICO all shaped his approach to building something more practical for crypto users today.
They cover:
- Mining Dogecoin and selling it on eBay in 2013
- Walking away from an ICO raise after legal advice
- Letting users trade across chains and settle to fiat
- Building with third-party banking partners, not replacing them
- A future profit-sharing model tied to trading activity
- Challenges of running a startup with a live token
- Why he’s prioritizing licenses early, even before it’s required
Where to Listen
🔹 Apple Podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/from-healthcare-to-hashes-kelghe-dcruz-on-bridging/id1799063494?i=1000718911639
🔹 Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/episode/0yckAYzd77ydd2BZhKlidQ?si=8d25210fb8fb4d0e
🔹 YouTube → https://youtu.be/RP6ZN785G-A
Connect with PAIRS & Kelghe D’Cruz
🌐 Website: pairs.xyz/
🐦 X (Twitter): @kelghe | @pairs_dex
🔗 LinkedIn: Kelghe D’Cruz
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