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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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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
Jan 21, 2025 • 24min
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
Jan 15, 2025 • 27min
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 yet to catch up with the technological capabilities of decentralised blockchains. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Jan 8, 2025 • 13min
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. That's not always a guarantee of safety. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
