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South Africa
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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.
Language:
English
Episodes
Tether, the world's richest crypto company, moves into AI
5/7/2025
Tether made more than $13 billion in profits in 2024 with just 150 employees, more than BlackRock and on a par with Goldman Sachs. Now it is moving into open source AI. Omer Iqbal, CEO of FiveWest, takes us through the remarkable growth story behind of the world's leading US dollar-pegged stablecoin issuer. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:19:13
How to dollarise your life with stablecoins
4/30/2025
Craig Stoehr, general counsel for Yellow Card, talks about the incredible rise of US dollar-backed stablecoins like Tether and USDC and how they offer a lifeline for Africans trapped in countries with fatally weakened local currencies. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:22:19
The AI war between scammers and the public is getting wild
4/24/2025
Sam Mkhize, head of compliance at Binance SA, explains how AI is evolving at a blistering pace, allowing scammers to clone your voice and image, and how crypto exchanges are using AI to fight back. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:34:25
Perfect storm ahead: ZAR at R22.25 and bitcoin at $65 000?
4/16/2025
Tariff wars and gold at an all-time high has financial markets rattled. This could push the rand to R22.25 to USD and bitcoin to $65 000, says Shiven Moodley, macro strategist at 80eight. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:27:20
Regulatory overload could stifle crypto boom.
4/9/2025
Brent Petersen, chair of the Crypto Asset Association of SA, explains how new regulations piled on top of the recently completed licensing process, could throttle growth for some firms just beginning to find their feet. And what we've leaned about the crypto industry in the last five years. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:28:04
Why small is beautiful when it comes to crypto.
4/2/2025
Henco Vorstman, CEO of the ChainEx, one of the smaller exchanges in SA, explains why investors and traders often prefer a small exchange - low fees, good arbitrage opportunities and personal service, to name a few. And how the banks remain inexplicably hostile to crypto. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:28:14
What's blockchain got to do with a R60bn class action suit against the banks?
3/26/2025
Hundreds oh homebuyers are taking the banks to court for repossessing their homes and selling them for a fraction of their worth. Advocate Douglas Shaw explains how the repossession crisis in SA came about, and how blockchain could solve this. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:32:12
Crypto heists, blockchain sleuths and Eskom’s billion-rand bitcoin what-if
3/19/2025
The world’s second-largest crypto exchange, Bybit, was hit by a massive hack attack in February, where thieves from North Korea made off with nearly $1.5bn in ethereum. Carel de Jager, research group leader at the CSIR, has been on the trail of the stolen funds and tells us what he found. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:29:59
Celebrity impersonation using AI is the new scam
3/12/2025
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. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:31:14
Providing housing to the informal sector using the blockchain
3/4/2025
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. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:33:46
Altvest becomes the first company in Africa to start stacking bitcoin
2/25/2025
CEO Warren Wheatley intends following in the footsteps of MicroStategy's Michael Saylor by pumping cash and borrowings into bitcoin as a way to preserve shareholder value and mitigate currency risk. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:24:55
Debunking the myths about bitcoin and crime
2/18/2025
Rob Price, CIO of Sound Money, explains how bitcoin is unfairly maligned as the currency of choice for criminals. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:27:13
What's your preferred crypto exchange?
2/11/2025
A new survey by Analytico puts Luno in the lead, as research leader Wikus Steyn explains. That's not to say it offers the widest range of cryptos or the same number of services as its peers. Christo de Wit, Luno's SA manager, weighs in with his thoughts. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:19:31
Stock exchanges put on notice – tokenisation is coming for you
2/4/2025
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. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:27:40
Why fund managers envy bitcoin's outsized performance.
1/28/2025
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. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:23:10
Afridax is SA's newest crypto exchange
1/20/2025
CEO and founder Frank Leonette explains how it differs from the existing crypto exchanges. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:24:12
Two crypto court cases expose gaps in SA exchange controls
1/14/2025
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. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:27:02
How safe is your crypto?
1/7/2025
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. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:12:51
Can you crash-proof your portfolio with crypto?
12/17/2024
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 advisers are warming to crypto as a way to achieve non-correlated growth and assist in crash-proofing client portfolios. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:30:55
‘Tis the season of the altcoin
12/10/2024
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. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:28:31