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Moneyweb Crypto
Moneyweb Crypto explores all things crypto and blockchain: the good, the bad and the impossible. If you're looking to invest in cryptocurrencies, or understand this evolving universe, you're in the right place.
Episodes
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Are the banks warming to crypto?
Warren Deats, chief investment officer at Geddes Capital, explains that banks are likely far closer to entering the crypto space than many realise. Deats…
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How to talk to a family member caught up in an online scam
If they’ve seen a video of Elon Musk or Cyril Ramaphosa or any other celebrity telling them how to turn R4 500 into R20 000 in a month, it’s a scam says…
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Look out JSE, here come tokenised stocks
Both VALR and Luno have launched tokenised stocks in SA, allowing South Africans to purchase exposure to US equities like Tesla and Nvidia without having to…
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Altcoins are back in vogue
Best-selling author and bitcoin miner Giannis Andreou says it’s not just bitcoin that’s getting attention from serious investors. Ethereum, written off by some…
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Masie’s message to Discovery and Naspers: Get with the bitcoin programme
JSE-listed companies should be adopting bitcoin strategic reserves if they pause for a minute and take a serious look at the state of SA and the prospects for…
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Bitcoin miners are solving Africa’s huge power deficit
Kenya-based Gridless Compute is a bitcoin miner with six sites in four countries. Now it's going into power generation, bringing electricity to the most…
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Another global crypto giant gatecrashes the SA market
Bitget, one of the world's largest crypto exchanges, is making a noisy entrance into the SA market with products such as credit cards linked to your crypto…
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Why some SMEs are loading bitcoin onto their balance sheets
Stablecoins too – and not as a sign of risk tolerance, but to mitigate the risks of fiat debasement, as 80eight macro strategist Shiven Moodley explains…
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Is this the future of investing?
Digital exchanges like Mesh.trade have cut trading costs to 0.2% while making it possible to buy fractions of an asset. All transactions are logged on the…
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How regulation opened the crypto arbitrage floodgates
Ben Jordaan of crypto arbitrage company Shiftly notes how regulation has been a blessing and a curse for crypto arbitrage, introducing thousands of new…
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Banks are about to enter the crypto space
Frank Leonette, CEO of AfriDAX, delves into the imminent arrival of banks into the crypto space in SA, a surprising and ironic turnaround given their prior…
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Could quantum computing crack Bitcoin?
Rob Price, CEO of Sound Money, takes us through some of the extraordinary leaps in quantum computing in recent months and what threat this poses to Bitcoin's…
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How bitcoin went from cool to necessary
Jon Ovadia, CEO of OVEX, gives his predictions for bitcoin as a rush of companies concerned about financial uncertainty stack BTC on their balance sheets. He…
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Court ruling exposes crypto exchange-control loophole
This could lead to a free-for-all, with crypto transfers abroad not subject to SA Reserve Bank approval – at least until the loophole is closed. Wiehann…
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Is Know Your Customer verification really that safe?
The recent hack of crypto exchange Coinbase, where criminals working with rogue insiders managed to get access to customer information and demanded $20m to…
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Why crypto arbitrage is more popular than ever
David Farelo, CEO of Currency Hub, explains how the buying and selling of cryptos between local and overseas exchanges has gone mainstream as wealth and fund…
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Tether, the world's richest crypto company, moves into AI
Tether made more than $13bn in profits in 2024 with just 150 employees, more than BlackRock and on par with Goldman Sachs. Now, it is moving into open-source…
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How to dollarise your life with stablecoins
Craig Stoehr, general counsel for Yellow Card, talks about the incredible rise of US dollar-backed stablecoins like Tether and USDC and how they offer a…
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The AI war between scammers and the public is getting wild
Sam Mkhize, head of compliance at Binance SA, explains how AI is evolving at a blistering pace, allowing scammers to clone your voice and image, and how crypto…
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There’s a perfect storm ahead for the rand and bitcoin
Tariff wars and gold at an all-time high have rattled financial markets. This could push the rand to R22.25 to the dollar and bitcoin to $65 000, says Shiven…
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Regulatory overload could stifle crypto boom
Brent Petersen, chair of the Crypto Asset Association of SA, explains how new regulations piled on top of the recently completed licensing process could…
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Why small is beautiful when it comes to crypto
Henco Vorstman, CEO of ChainEx, one of the smaller exchanges in SA, explains why investors and traders often prefer a small exchange – low fees, good arbitrage…
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What's blockchain got to do with a R60bn class action suit against the banks?
Hundreds of homebuyers are taking the banks to court for repossessing their homes and selling them for a fraction of their worth. Advocate Douglas Shaw…
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Crypto heists, blockchain sleuths, and turning surplus power into bitcoin
The world’s second-largest crypto exchange, Bybit, was hit by a massive hack attack in February, where thieves from North Korea made off with nearly $1.5bn in…
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Celebrity impersonation using AI is the new scam
Gerhard van Deventer, head of enforcement at the Financial Sector Conduct Authority, explains how scams – not always involving crypto – are evolving by the…
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Providing housing to the informal sector using the blockchain
The poor are excluded from housing because they do not qualify for mortgages because credit approvals are based on historical data. Empowa, using the…
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AltVest becomes the first company in Africa to start stacking bitcoin
Warren Wheatley intends to follow in the footsteps of MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor by pumping cash and borrowings into bitcoin as a way to preserve…
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Debunking the myths about bitcoin and crime
Rob Price, CIO of Sound Money, explains how bitcoin is unfairly maligned as the currency of choice for criminals. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
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What's your preferred crypto exchange?
An Analytico survey puts Luno in the lead, as research leader Wikus Steyn explains, though that's not to say it offers the widest range of crypto or the same…
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Stock exchanges put on notice – tokenisation is coming for you
While new listings on the JSE and other stock exchanges are declining, tokenised assets built on the blockchain are breathing fresh life into financial…
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Why fund managers envy bitcoin's outsized performance.
Bitcoin more than doubled in price in 2024, as it did in 2023. It's no wonder fund managers are eyeing these returns with envy, says Shiven Moodley, macro…
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Afridax is SA's newest crypto exchange
CEO and founder Frank Leonette explains how it differs from the existing crypto exchanges. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
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Two crypto court cases expose gaps in SA exchange controls
Wiehann Olivier, partner and head of fintech and digital assets at Forvis Mazars South Africa, explains how exchange control supervision by the Reserve Bank is…
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How safe is your crypto?
Eowyn Chen, CEO of Trust Wallet with 160 million users, explains that keeping your coins on an exchange is much like trusting a bank to look after your cash…
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Can you crash-proof your portfolio with crypto?
JJ Widmaier, co-founder and chief investment officer at Green Era Financial in the US, talks about what he learned in the 2008 financial crash and how…
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‘Tis the season of the altcoin
Bitcoin cracked $100 000 over the last week, dragging a ton of altcoins back to life, with some gaining 300% or 400% in a month. Shiven Moodley, macro…
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USD stablecoins are displacing bitcoin as SA's preferred crypto
Mark Mbugua, SA regional manager for Yellow Card, predicts an explosion in USD stablecoin use across Africa in the next five years because of the ability to…
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Tokenised wine investment makes a debut
Meza Wines has broken new ground with its tokenised wine investment built on the blockchain. Fine wine investments have historically beaten inflation, explains…
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The stablecoin explosion in East Africa
David Gitonga of BitKE is a force of nature, leading the crusade for crypto adoption across the region. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
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Strange stories from Brazil as we track MTI founder Johann Steynberg's last days
There are suspicions that he may not be dead at all. An on-the-scene investigation by Stephen Timm, who went to Brazil to see if Steynberg is alive or dead…
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How crypto is cleaning up its regulatory act
Noah Perlman, chief compliance officer at Binance, talks about how the company is working with law enforcement and regulators to bring crypto into the…
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The new world of education built on the blockchain
One way to eliminate fraudulent university degrees is to post them on the blockchain for everyone to see. Two entrepreneurs – Shahid Hussein of Alchemial and…
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What we've learned about crypto one year after licensing
Two hundred twenty-five licences have been issued in the last year, more than 100 companies withdrew their applications, and eight were declined. Deepfake…
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The eerie calm before the storm
This is now one of the longest periods bitcoin has remained trapped in a relatively narrow range. The longer this goes on, the more explosive the move. Shiven…
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Why stablecoin Tether is more profitable than Goldman Sachs.
Stablecoins, backed by real-world assets such as the US dollar, are on a rampage. Jon Ovadia, CEO of crypto exchange OVEX, explains how USD-backed stablecoin…
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How to spot a crypto scam
Louis Nel, co-host of the G-Crypt social media channel, talks about the emergence of some new and alarming scams, often using crypto vulnerabilities. Moneyweb…
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Now you can bitcoin your way to an EU passport
Katie Ananina of Plan B passport explains some recent updates to Portugal's Golden Visa programme that permits an investment into a bitcoin fund as a route to…
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Can deep fakes empty your bank account?
Waheed Adam, chairperson of iTouch, explains that the threats from AI and deep fakes are very real, and how one multinational company lost $25 million to a…
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Bitcoin as an instrument of freedom
Farzam Ehsani, CEO of crypto exchange VALR, argues bitcoin represents a monumental leap in personal freedom given the inequalities and distortions built into…
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Using crypto to expand your business
Some companies like 80Eight are using crypto not as a speculative investment but as a way to expand business opportunities. Founder and CEO Faadil Moti…
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Is bitcoin mining about to take off in SA?
Carel de Jager, research group leader at the CSIR and CEO of SilverSixpence, says the country will soon be swimming in surplus solar power after years of…
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NeoNomad goes after mass market crypto adoption
Hanres Beukes, CEO and founder of NeoNomad, came up with a plan to ignite mass market crypto adoption - a hybrid exchange blending the best of centralised and…
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What are the risks of losing your crypto?
Christo de Wit, SA country manager for Luno, explains the challenges of shipping crypto from one address to another and how 'poisoning attacks' – with…
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How web3 is the future of the internet
It transforms the internet from a read-write function to a platform where anyone can receive payment without a bank siphoning off a percentage, as explained by…
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Cellphones based on the blockchain have arrived
You might wonder what cellphones can possibly have to do with blockchain technology. They're called crypto or blockchain phones and they do a few things that…
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Will tokenised assets one day rule the world?
Mesh.trade is a new marketplace for 'tokenised' financial assets and recently raised R100 million in the form of a bond for building out schools. Could markets…
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Pick n Pay surpasses R1m a month in crypto payments.
That may seem like small change for a group tallying more than R9 billion a month in sales, but what's impressive is the exponential growth in crypto as a…
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Bitcoin breaks ranks with traditional assets
Bitcoin has a low correlation to traditional assets such as equities, bonds and cash, and that correlation is weakening with time. Jason Welz, digital lead at…
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Should you keep your crypto with your exchange?
Or move it to a wallet you control? Kreaan Singh, founder of crypto education platform CoinEd and project manager for distributed ledger technology at the…
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Binance hits the 200m user mark and dwarfs the banks
The world financial system is undergoing radical change, and crypto is driving it. Binance's growth story over just seven years is a case study in that…