Moneyweb Crypto

Dec 10 2024 150 ep. 28 mins 32

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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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‘Tis the season of the altcoin

Dec 10 2024 28 mins

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

Dec 03 2024 28 mins

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

Nov 26 2024 16 mins

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

Nov 19 2024 15 mins

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

Nov 12 2024 37 mins

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

Nov 05 2024 9 mins

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 crypto exchange.

The new world of education built on the blockchain

Oct 30 2024 22 mins

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 the blockchain.

What we've learned about crypto one year after licensing

Oct 22 2024 28 mins

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 Financial Sector Conduct Authority.

The eerie calm before the storm

Oct 15 2024 24 mins

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.

Why stablecoin Tether is more profitable than Goldman Sachs.

Oct 08 2024 30 mins

Stablecoins, backed by real-world assets such as the US dollar, are on a rampage. Jon Ovadia, CEO of crypto exchange OVEX, explains how USD-backed stablecoin Tether, with just 100 employees, recently surpassed Goldman Sachs in terms of profitability. This, says Ovadia, will soon become a multi-trillion dollar business and account for most cross-border transactions.