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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.
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Feb 10, 2026 • 21min
Absa’s bold leap into stablecoins
Rob Downes, Absa’s head of digital assets at Corporate and Investment Bank, explains the reasoning behind its recent collaboration with crypto infrastructure giant Ripple, and why it is piloting its own stablecoin – backed by gold. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Feb 3, 2026 • 18min
Is this a crypto winter – and if so, when will it be over?
Blake Player, chief commercial officer at VALR, has seen plenty of crypto bear markets, but is this one over yet? And will gold profits now be recycled back into bitcoin? Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Jan 27, 2026 • 14min
While bitcoin disappointed in 2025, crypto turned the financial world on its head.
While everyone’s been focused on bitcoin’s disappointing price in 2025, a few other things slipped under the radar. Companies now account for 5% of bitcoin holdings and stablecoin volumes exceed Visa transactions by a country mile, explains Hannes Wessels, SA country manager for Binance. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Jan 20, 2026 • 16min
AI trading tools can hallucinate and outright lie
In this podcast, Abhishek Saxena, head of strategy and growth at
AI research and development firm Sentient, explains what happens to
traders relying uncritically on AI trading tools. They can easily go rogue. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Jan 13, 2026 • 23min
Bring on blockchain: Only 3% of Africans qualify for mortgage financing
The rest obviously still spend money on housing – and a novel rent-to-own model that even street hawkers can afford may be just what the continent needs. Empowa CEO Glen Jordan tells us more. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Jan 7, 2026 • 20min
Why hasn’t bitcoin followed gold to the heavens?
Gold is heavily overbought, says Carel de Jager of crypto analytics firm Silver Sixpence, while bitcoin faced heavy selling pressure in the latter part of last year – but those pressures appear to be lifting, creating a bullish case for bitcoin in 2026. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Dec 16, 2025 • 13min
What happens if the US imposes sanctions on South African officials?
Revoking former foreign affairs minister Naledi Pandor's US visa suggests a shift towards personal, targeted pressure, and that's usually how it starts – but the smart move is to prepare, not panic; SA could explore alternative payment networks to reduce dependence on US-dominated financial infrastructure, says Faadil Moti, CEO of 80eight. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Dec 9, 2025 • 23min
You’ve accumulated some crypto, but how do you spend it?
Spendl Money founder and CEO Greg van der Spuy explains how the SA-born fintech is addressing the crypto spending hurdle by offering a MasterCard debit card and a unified financial platform for easy conversion of digital assets to fiat. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Dec 2, 2025 • 28min
Why the cost of sending money depends on what passport you own
Anton Titov, founder of a RemiDe, a SWIFT-type system for the crypto age, explains why Africans pay so much more than Europeans to send money – and how a solution is at hand. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Nov 25, 2025 • 16min
The crypto meltdown – an opportunity or a trap?
Shiven Moodley, macro strategist at Novaque, argues that this is an aggressive drawdown in the crypto market, not a bear market. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
