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.
Latest episodes
Apr 24, 2025 • 34min
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 exchanges are using AI to fight back. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Apr 16, 2025 • 27min
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 Moodley, macro strategist at 80eight. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Apr 9, 2025 • 28min
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 throttle growth for some firms just beginning to find their feet. And what we've learnt about the crypto industry in the last five years. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Apr 2, 2025 • 28min
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 opportunities, and personal service to name a few. And how the banks remain inexplicably hostile to crypto. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Mar 26, 2025 • 32min
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 explains how the repossession crisis in SA came about and how blockchain could solve this. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Mar 19, 2025 • 30min
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 ethereum. Carel de Jager, research group leader at the CSIR, has been on the trail of the stolen funds and tells us what he found. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Mar 12, 2025 • 31min
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 week and how AI has made this a dangerous game for consumers. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Mar 5, 2025 • 34min
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 blockchain, has solved this gnarly problem and plans to build one million homes by 2030, explains CEO Glen Jordan. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Feb 26, 2025 • 25min
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 shareholder value and mitigate currency risk. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Feb 19, 2025 • 27min
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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