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Wheatley challenges 20-year debarment over R301 in ‘test trades’
How AI can help fix SA’s crippled municipalities
Stablecoins take centre stage as bitcoin speculation fades
R2.2bn in investment on hold over proposed crypto controls – VALR
Crypto privacy is dead… and Sars knows where the bodies are buried
Crypto privacy is dead… and Sars knows where the bodies are buried
South Africans are getting better at spotting fraud
The dangers of over-regulating crypto
What happens to your cryptocurrency when you die?
Crypto criminals are increasingly attacking people, not passwords
When a cold wallet isn’t so cold: Lessons from the $90m bitcoin theft
Does the wine taste better when you own a piece of the vineyard?
Does Africa really need more local currency stablecoins?
Does Sars want to tax crypto to death?
Stablecoins are just the start of something huge in finance
Copper is not gold – and that’s the point
Imagine getting scammed by your own son
AI agent told to ‘make money’ launches memecoin, pockets $100m
Let’s be brave and lift exchange controls – Farzam Ehsani
Are regulators strangling crypto in the crib?
Is bitcoin a buy?
Can tokenisation spark an economic revival in SA?
Dawie Roodt: Do we still need exchange controls?
$1.2bn spent on crypto in a week and the market didn’t blink
New exchange control rules: ‘If they pass, we’re leaving SA’
Something new: A multi-currency token to rule them all
We’re moving into the age of decentralised money
Selling trading signals is the scam du jour – FSCA
SA crypto exchange volumes are down 95% in five years
Exchanges that used to transact 1 000 bitcoin a day are now doing 50. But while crypto transactions have collapsed, stablecoins have picked up the slack, says Carel de Jager, CEO of crypto data analytics firm Silver Sixpence. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Why SA needs stablecoin regulations – and fast
Wiehann Olivier, partner and global co-head of digital assets for Forvis Mazars, explains what new stablecoin regulations will look like and why SA needs to speed up its regulatory reform. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Does SA really need another ZAR stablecoin?
Langelihle Nkabinde from EasyEquities explains the role of the new Zaru rand stablecoin and why it’s so important. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Is Ray Dalio’s bitcoin negativity justified?
Ray Dalio is more hip to gold than bitcoin, which he says has several serious flaws. Not so fast, says macro strategist Shiven Moodley. We’re in the middle of a bear cycle where bitcoin haters love to vent, but cycles always turn. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Your forex allowance just went up to R2m a year – here’s what you could do
You can now buy $120 000 a year instead of $60 000 without any permissions from the Reserve Bank – and there’s plenty you can do with this, says 80eight CEO Faadil Moti. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Africa’s next payments leap: Stablecoins on every corner
Stablecoin adoption is moving from niche corridors to street vendors, says Enza Capital's Nzwisisa Chidembo. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Bitcoin ventures into extreme fear territory – and that’s not a bad thing
Luno’s Christo de Wit says sentiment has plunged, but long-term buyers are circling. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Absa’s bold leap into stablecoins
Rob Downes, Absa’s head of digital assets at Corporate and Investment Bank, explains the reasoning behind its recent collaboration with crypto infrastructure giant Ripple, and why it is piloting its own stablecoin – backed by gold. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Is this a crypto winter – and if so, when will it be over?
Blake Player, chief commercial officer at VALR, has seen plenty of crypto bear markets, but is this one over yet? And will gold profits now be recycled back into bitcoin? Moneyweb Crypto news articles
While bitcoin disappointed in 2025, crypto turned the financial world on its head.
While everyone’s been focused on bitcoin’s disappointing price in 2025, a few other things slipped under the radar. Companies now account for 5% of bitcoin holdings and stablecoin volumes exceed Visa transactions by a country mile, explains Hannes Wessels, SA country manager for Binance. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
AI trading tools can hallucinate and outright lie
In this podcast, Abhishek Saxena, head of strategy and growth at AI research and development firm Sentient, explains what happens to traders relying uncritically on AI trading tools. They can easily go rogue. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Bring on blockchain: Only 3% of Africans qualify for mortgage financing
The rest obviously still spend money on housing – and a novel rent-to-own model that even street hawkers can afford may be just what the continent needs. Empowa CEO Glen Jordan tells us more. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Why hasn’t bitcoin followed gold to the heavens?
Gold is heavily overbought, says Carel de Jager of crypto analytics firm Silver Sixpence, while bitcoin faced heavy selling pressure in the latter part of last year – but those pressures appear to be lifting, creating a bullish case for bitcoin in 2026. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
What happens if the US imposes sanctions on South African officials?
Revoking former foreign affairs minister Naledi Pandor's US visa suggests a shift towards personal, targeted pressure, and that's usually how it starts – but the smart move is to prepare, not panic; SA could explore alternative payment networks to reduce dependence on US-dominated financial infrastructure, says Faadil Moti, CEO of 80eight. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
You’ve accumulated some crypto, but how do you spend it?
Spendl Money founder and CEO Greg van der Spuy explains how the SA-born fintech is addressing the crypto spending hurdle by offering a MasterCard debit card and a unified financial platform for easy conversion of digital assets to fiat. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Why the cost of sending money depends on what passport you own
Anton Titov, founder of a RemiDe, a SWIFT-type system for the crypto age, explains why Africans pay so much more than Europeans to send money – and how a solution is at hand. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
The crypto meltdown – an opportunity or a trap?
Shiven Moodley, macro strategist at Novaque, argues that this is an aggressive drawdown in the crypto market, not a bear market. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Is now a good time to buy crypto bundles?
The new VALR10 bundle is designed for investors seeking crypto exposure but unsure which specific assets to purchase. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
How to unbank yourself
There are people in SA who get paid and spend only in bitcoin. What is that like? Carel van Wyk, founder of MoneyBadger weighs in on how to unbank yourself. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
SA’s crypto crackdown hits a legal wall
Webber Wentzel’s Joon Chong on the court ruling that’s left crypto assets in legal limbo. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Why a bitcoin strategy is a must-have for companies
Pat Hourigan of Frictionless Markets says all companies should have a bitcoin reserve strategy if they want to preserve long-term wealth. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Crypto outflows of R5bn a year flying under the radar
We now know that about R100bn in crypto flows in and out of SA every year, but there’s a consistent net outflow each year in violation of exchange controls, says Carel de Jager, CEO of SilverSixpence. Moneyweb Crypto news articles