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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 3, 2024 • 24min
Bitcoin's rollercoaster: will it be different this time?
VALR CEO Farzam Ehsani talks about bitcoin's famed volatility, why bitcoin's current bull run still has legs, and whether we can expect more rollercoaster action once the bull run exhausts. Or whether it will be different this time. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Mar 27, 2024 • 31min
Crypto prices are booming, but so are the scams
Carel de Jager, research group leader for distributed ledger technologies at the CSIR, shares insights on some of the new scams where even crypto aficionados are being artfully separated from their wealth and their wallets. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Mar 20, 2024 • 24min
Institutions flood into bitcoin: What this mean for investors
Wiehann Olivier, digital asset lead at Mazars, weighs in on whether the JSE will follow the US lead in authorising exchange traded traded funds (ETFs) and whether the imminent issue of financial service provider licenses to crypto companies will slam the door on crypto scams in SA. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Mar 13, 2024 • 21min
What a national budget measured in bitcoin would look like
Economist Dawie Roodt takes a clean sheet of paper and gives us the budget we need. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Mar 6, 2024 • 26min
Houses for Africa: How Empowa has changed the landscape
Empowa's Glen Jordan explains that the lower end of the housing market in Africa is actually less risky than the mid-market and how the company plans to impact one million families across the continent by 2030 using a blockchain-based financing solution. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Feb 28, 2024 • 20min
Bitcoin at R1m: Bargain or bust?
Christo de Wit, SA country manager for Luno, talks about bitcoin hitting R1 million and whether it is too late to climb on board. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Feb 21, 2024 • 20min
Making the case for digital rather than physical gold
Rael Demby, CEO of Scoin and the SA Gold Coin Exchange, explains why digital gold stored on the blockchain is attracting interest from gold bugs, and whether digital gold can be used as a form of stablecoin to park profits after a strong run-up in bitcoin. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Feb 14, 2024 • 25min
We shouldn’t fear AI, we should rise with it
Former Microsoft executive Kerushan Govender – author of Age Of Agency: Rise With AI – says fears over the impact of artificial intelligence are overblown, that ‘human agency’ trumps machines, and looks at crypto's place in the quest for greater human sovereignty. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Feb 7, 2024 • 23min
African currencies are being smashed as stablecoins come to the rescue.
Jon Ovadia, CEO of crypto exchange OVEX, walks us through the casualty list of African currencies decimated over the last two years, and how US dollar-backed stablecoins are exploding across the continent. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Jan 24, 2024 • 30min
First crypto FSP licences about to drop
Gerhard van Deventer, head of enforcement at the Financial Sector Conduct Authority, says the first batch of financial services provider (FSP) licences are about to be issued to crypto service providers. That will make it easier to shut down crypto scammers before they get started. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
