A Geelong business owner has taken on one of her biggest challenges yet as one of Australia’s only female crypto exchange chief executives.

Rosa Pangani remembers her first exposure to Bitcoin being a confusing one. Out to morning tea with a friend, they had offered to pay for their share using Bitcoin.

This out-of-the-ordinary request led Pagani down a new path.

“At the time it sounded strange, unfortunately I didn’t accept the Bitcoin, but the idea stayed with me,” Pagani said.

“Over time I became more interested in the technology and the potential for crypto to reshape financial systems. The pandemic was the catalyst where I went all in on crypto.

“What really drew me in was the idea that financial…