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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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Jan 17, 2024 • 21min
Ditching the rand and going off grid with bitcoin
Glenn Jooste, co-founder of Bitcoin Ubuntu, explains how trying to save in ever depreciating rands is a losing proposition, and how bitcoin solves this. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Jan 3, 2024 • 22min
Got surplus solar power? Start bitcoin mining
Jesse Pielke, founder of Hashrate Up, is helping South Africans use surplus solar power generated during the day for bitcoin mining (and it's less expensive than you might think). Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Dec 20, 2023 • 21min
Will we see the mother of all bitcoin rallies in 2024?
Omer Iqbal, CEO of crypto company FiveWest, shares his thoughts on the big crypto stories of 2023 and the likelihood of the mother of all bitcoin bull markets in 2024. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Dec 6, 2023 • 27min
Now you can trade perpetual futures on bitcoin
What on earth are those? Gianluca Sacco, chief operating officer at VALR, explains. Crypto exchange VALR recently announced the world's first perpetual futures on bitcoin, payable in rands, with some interesting use cases. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Nov 29, 2023 • 36min
Former Europol agents helping SA with crypto law enforcement
Nils Andersen Röed and Jarek Jakubcek, who are now with Binance, were recently in SA to train local regulators and authorities on the ever-evolving tricks of crypto criminals. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Nov 22, 2023 • 24min
Meet the crypto sceptic who owned and lost more than 50 bitcoin
Marcel Wasserman is a financial advisor who once owned 52 bitcoin, having bought at under R1 000. He became less enthusiastic about bitcoin after losing most of it and selling the rest. Today, he's more enthusiastic about an 'all-weather' portfolio that can ride out good times and bad. He explains why getting out of debt is the key to financial affluence. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Nov 15, 2023 • 22min
Death, taxes and crypto
Thomas Lobban of Tax Consulting SA warns of new OECD regulations that will help tax authorities worldwide to track your crypto transactions no matter where you live. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Nov 8, 2023 • 25min
Why you might want to own a rand stablecoin
It fixes many of the problems in the existing financial system such as high costs and speed of transaction. Simon Dingle, founder of the ZARP rand-backed stablecoin, explains why stablecoins are the real killer use case for crypto, and why Old Mutual is backing it. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Nov 1, 2023 • 27min
Are we in for a pre-Xmas rally in Bitcoin ?
It's already up more than 30% over the last month. VALR CEO Farzam Ehsani explains what's behind this explosive move, and VALR's recent partnership with card issuer Visa as a sign of the fusing of traditional finance and crypto. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Oct 25, 2023 • 28min
Will central bank digital cash ever take off in SA?
Michail le Roux of Hanekom Attorneys says CBDCs are coming and that fears of a snooping state examining all our transactions are overblown. Plus the prospects of voting by cell phone in the future, using blockchain technology to stop the cheats. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
