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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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