Full Name: Nischal Shetty
Nickname: Nischal
Country/State: India
Date of Birth: 1986-06-10
Languages Known: English, Hindi
Zodiac Sign: Cancer
Food Habit: Vegetarian
Religion: Hindu
Hobbies: Reading, writing, studying
School: Not publicly disclosed
College: Visvesvaraya Technological University
Degrees Obtained: Software/engineering degree
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 72 kg
Parents: Not Public
Siblings: Not Public
Marital Status: married
Wife: Not Public
Children: 0
Current Position: Entrepreneur and crypto industry leader; Co-founder and President at Shardeum; Founder of WazirX and Crowdfire
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Net Worth: Not Public
Awards & Achievements: Built Crowdfire (noted publicly as a product with tens of millions of users) Founded WazirX (one of the better-known crypto exchanges from India)
Nischal Shetty is a tech entrepreneur best known for founding WazirX and co-founding Crowdfire.
His public bios describe over a decade of experience building consumer internet products, before moving deeper into crypto infrastructure. He later became publicly associated with Shardeum as a co-founder and president, positioning it as a scalable Layer 1 blockchain initiative.
WazirX announced a comeback and restart during 2025 after the cyberattack period, describing investigations, restructuring steps, and tools shared with users as part of recovery.
Multiple 2025 reports stated WazirX planned to resume operations around late October 2025 after a restructuring process, including a relaunch offer featuring 0% trading fees.
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