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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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285 episodes

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 https://www.moneyweb.co.za/category/moneyweb-crypto/

31m
Mar 27
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 https://www.moneyweb.co.za/category/moneyweb-crypto/

24m
Mar 20
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 https://www.moneyweb.co.za/category/moneyweb-crypto/

21m
Mar 13
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 https://www.moneyweb.co.za/category/moneyweb-crypto/

25m
Mar 06
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 https://www.moneyweb.co.za/category/moneyweb-crypto/

20m
Feb 28
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 https://www.moneyweb.co.za/category/moneyweb-crypto/

19m
Feb 21
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 https://www.moneyweb.co.za/category/moneyweb-crypto/

25m
Feb 14
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 https://www.moneyweb.co.za/category/moneyweb-crypto/

23m
Feb 07
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 https://www.moneyweb.co.za/category/moneyweb-crypto/

29m
Jan 24
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 https://www.moneyweb.co.za/category/moneyweb-crypto/

29m
Jan 24
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 https://www.moneyweb.co.za/category/moneyweb-crypto/

20m
Jan 17
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 https://www.moneyweb.co.za/category/moneyweb-crypto/

22m
Jan 03
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 https://www.moneyweb.co.za/category/moneyweb-crypto/

20m
Dec 20, 2023
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 https://www.moneyweb.co.za/category/moneyweb-crypto/

26m
Dec 06, 2023
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 https://www.moneyweb.co.za/category/moneyweb-crypto/

36m
Nov 29, 2023
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 https://www.moneyweb.co.za/category/moneyweb-crypto/

23m
Nov 22, 2023
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 https://www.moneyweb.co.za/category/moneyweb-crypto/

14m
Nov 15, 2023
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 https://www.moneyweb.co.za/category/moneyweb-crypto/

21m
Nov 15, 2023
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 https://www.moneyweb.co.za/category/moneyweb-crypto/

24m
Nov 08, 2023
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 https://www.moneyweb.co.za/category/moneyweb-crypto/

26m
Nov 01, 2023
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 https://www.moneyweb.co.za/category/moneyweb-crypto/

28m
Oct 25, 2023
Is Bitcoin's 6 month sideways crawl about to break?

With a bitcoin halving of supply in 2024, Jason Welz, head of digital assets at alternative investment firm Jaltech, points out that all previous "halvenings" have been preceded by a bull run. Will it be any different this time? Plus, some astonishing developments in blockchain technology are about to unfurl in the coming years. Moneyweb Crypto news articles https://www.moneyweb.co.za/category/moneyweb-crypto/

24m
Oct 18, 2023
Want R100 worth of property? Now there's two exchanges allowing fractional ownership of assets

Libex and law firm Schindlers have partnered in setting up two exchanges offering investors the opportunity to list and own fractional pieces of assets from farms to residential buildings. Chaz Dunn, innovation head at Libex, and Schindlers managing partner Maurice Crespi explain. Moneyweb Crypto news articles https://www.moneyweb.co.za/category/moneyweb-crypto/

26m
Oct 11, 2023
Crypto scammers have met their match.

Carel de Jager, head of distributed ledger technology at CSIR, explains how he tracked down stolen funds from a Moneyweb reader with a new blockchain tool that is being offered to crime busters worldwide. Moneyweb Crypto news articles https://www.moneyweb.co.za/category/moneyweb-crypto/

32m
Oct 04, 2023
Is the rand ultimately headed to R100 to the US dollar?

Andrew Field, co-founder of BitDirect, explains the history and likely future of money, arguing that the rand will ultimately hit R100 to the US dollar. There's a long history of fiat currency failures. If so, what role does bitcoin play in the future monetary firmament? Moneyweb Crypto news articles https://www.moneyweb.co.za/category/moneyweb-crypto/

28m
Sep 27, 2023
How the crypto industry is redefining ownership

Blockchain is transforming everything we know about ownership. This is the killer use case for blockchain - establishing title to property and, with that, the ability to transfer and trade property rights. It's a fascinating world we are about to enter, explains Steven Sidley, author of "Its Mine - How the crypto industry is redefining ownership." Moneyweb Crypto news articles https://www.moneyweb.co.za/category/moneyweb-crypto/

27m
Sep 20, 2023
The taxi industry goes cashless

Eastern Cape taxi operators embrace blockchain technology as they ditch cash and start to compete with the major retailers, explains Sonny Fisher of ForUS. Moneyweb Crypto news articles https://www.moneyweb.co.za/category/moneyweb-crypto/

29m
Sep 13, 2023
D-Day approaches for crypto companies as regulations kick in

Gerhard van Deventer, head of enforcement at the Financial Sector Conduct Authority, explains how the crypto industry is about to get the policing it has long needed. Moneyweb Crypto news articles https://www.moneyweb.co.za/category/moneyweb-crypto/

22m
Sep 06, 2023
Converting Namibians to bitcoin one beer at a time

If Nikolai Tjongarero of EasySats meets someone unfamiliar with bitcoin, he gives them the two-minute elevator pitch and buys them a beer, paid, of course, with bitcoin. He's making tons of happy friends and winning them over to bitcoin in the process. Moneyweb Crypto news articles https://www.moneyweb.co.za/category/moneyweb-crypto/

21m
Aug 30, 2023
How a University of Pretoria drop-out is bringing bitcoin to Africa

Kgothatso Ngako dropped out of university to translate bitcoin educational literature into indigenous African languages. Now he has come up with a way for people without smart phones, internet or a crypto account to own and store bitcoin. Moneyweb Crypto news articles https://www.moneyweb.co.za/category/moneyweb-crypto/

24m
Aug 23, 2023