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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Afridax is SA's newest crypto exchange
CEO and founder Frank Leonette explains how it differs from the existing crypto exchanges.
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.
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.
Can you crash-proof your portfolio with crypto?
JJ Widmaier, co-founder and chief investment officer at Green Era Financial in the US, talks about what he learned in the 2008 financial crash and how financial advisors are warming to crypto as a way to achieve non-correlated growth and assist in crash-proofing client portfolios.
‘Tis the season of the altcoin
Bitcoin cracked $100 000 over the last week, dragging a ton of altcoins back to life, with some gaining 300% or 400% in a month. Shiven Moodley, macro strategist with 80eight, explains what’s going on.
USD stablecoins are displacing bitcoin as SA's preferred crypto
Mark Mbugua, SA regional manager for Yellow Card, predicts an explosion in USD stablecoin use across Africa in the next five years because of the ability to move funds in minutes at a fraction of the usual cost.
Tokenised wine investment makes a debut
Meza Wines has broken new ground with its tokenised wine investment built on the blockchain. Fine wine investments have historically beaten inflation, explains Meza co-founder Siphe Mwanza.
The stablecoin explosion in East Africa
David Gitonga of BitKE is a force of nature, leading the crusade for crypto adoption across the region.
Strange stories from Brazil as we track MTI founder Johann Steynberg's last days
There are suspicions that he may not be dead at all. An on-the-scene investigation by Stephen Timm, who went to Brazil to see if Steynberg is alive or dead, exposes more weirdness than we could have anticipated.
How crypto is cleaning up its regulatory act
Noah Perlman, chief compliance officer at Binance, talks about how the company is working with law enforcement and regulators to bring crypto into the regulated age. This follows the recent release of Binance founder Changpeng Zhao from imprisonment in the US for violating money laundering rules on the world's largest…
The new world of education built on the blockchain
One way to eliminate fraudulent university degrees is to post them on the blockchain for everyone to see. Two entrepreneurs – Shahid Hussein of Alchemial and Shan Han of Open Campus – are tackling education from different directions and posting the way to a brave new world of learning using…
What we've learned about crypto one year after licensing
Two hundred twenty-five licences have been issued in the last year, more than 100 companies withdrew their applications, and eight were declined. Deepfake scams are becoming alarmingly sophisticated, and scammers are making full use of social media to fool the unwitting, says Gerhard van Deventer, head of enforcement at the…
The eerie calm before the storm
This is now one of the longest periods bitcoin has remained trapped in a relatively narrow range. The longer this goes on, the more explosive the move. Shiven Moodley, macro strategist at 80eight, expects a decisive move to the upside in the next few months.