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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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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
Feb 12, 2025 • 20min
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 number of services as its peers. Christo de Wit of Luno SA also weighs in. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Feb 5, 2025 • 28min
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 markets, explains Connie Bloem, MD of Mesh.Trade. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Jan 29, 2025 • 23min
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 strategist at 80eight. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
