Moneyweb Crypto
Business & Economics Podcasts
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.
Location:
South Africa
Description:
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
Can AI predict crypto price moves?
4/17/2024
Stuart Perry, co-founder of GG Tech Solutions, explores some fascinating AI developments in financial markets and concludes that AI models are getting much better at predicting price moves in both cryptos and stocks. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:32:59
Ditching the rand to survive on bitcoin only
4/10/2024
Software developer Kgothatso Ngako is part of a growing network of people who have ditched the rand, the US dollar and any other fiat currency to make their way in life using bitcoin only. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:23:42
Bitcoin's rollercoaster: will it be different this time?
4/3/2024
VALR CEO Farzam Ehsani talks about bitcoin's famed volatility, why bitcoin's current bull run still has legs, and whether we can expect more rollercoaster action once the bull run exhausts. Or whether it will be different this time. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:24:04
Crypto prices are booming, but so are the scams
3/27/2024
Carel de Jager, research group leader for distributed ledger technologies at the CSIR, shares insights on some of the new scams where even crypto aficionados are being artfully separated from their wealth and their wallets. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:31:02
Institutions flood into bitcoin: What this mean for investors
3/20/2024
Wiehann Olivier, digital asset lead at Mazars, weighs in on whether the JSE will follow the US lead in authorising exchange traded traded funds (ETFs) and whether the imminent issue of financial service provider licenses to crypto companies will slam the door on crypto scams in SA. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:24:24
What a national budget measured in bitcoin would look like
3/13/2024
Economist Dawie Roodt takes a clean sheet of paper and gives us the budget we need. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:21:05
Houses for Africa: How Empowa has changed the landscape
3/5/2024
Empowa's Glen Jordan explains that the lower end of the housing market in Africa is actually less risky than the mid-market and how the company plans to impact one million families across the continent by 2030 using a blockchain-based financing solution. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:25:47
Bitcoin at R1m: Bargain or bust?
2/27/2024
Christo de Wit, SA country manager for Luno, talks about bitcoin hitting R1 million and whether it is too late to climb on board. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:20:03
Bitcoin at R1m: Bargain or bust?
2/27/2024
Christo de Wit, SA country manager for Luno, talks about bitcoin hitting R1 million and whether it is too late to climb on board. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:20:03
Making the case for digital rather than physical gold
2/20/2024
Rael Demby, CEO of Scoin and the SA Gold Coin Exchange, explains why digital gold stored on the blockchain is attracting interest from gold bugs, and whether digital gold can be used as a form of stablecoin to park profits after a strong run-up in bitcoin. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:19:57
Making the case for digital rather than physical gold
2/20/2024
Rael Demby, CEO of Scoin and the SA Gold Coin Exchange, explains why digital gold stored on the blockchain is attracting interest from gold bugs, and whether digital gold can be used as a form of stablecoin to park profits after a strong run-up in bitcoin. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:17:05
We shouldn’t fear AI, we should rise with it
2/13/2024
Former Microsoft executive Kerushan Govender – author of Age Of Agency: Rise With AI – says fears over the impact of artificial intelligence are overblown, that ‘human agency’ trumps machines, and looks at crypto's place in the quest for greater human sovereignty. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:25:11
We shouldn’t fear AI, we should rise with it
2/13/2024
Former Microsoft executive Kerushan Govender – author of Age Of Agency: Rise With AI – says fears over the impact of artificial intelligence are overblown, that ‘human agency’ trumps machines, and looks at crypto's place in the quest for greater human sovereignty. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:25:11
African currencies are being smashed as stablecoins come to the rescue.
2/6/2024
Jon Ovadia, CEO of crypto exchange OVEX, walks us through the casualty list of African currencies decimated over the last two years, and how US dollar-backed stablecoins are exploding across the continent. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:23:20
First crypto FSP licences about to drop
1/23/2024
Gerhard van Deventer, head of enforcement at the Financial Sector Conduct Authority, says the first batch of financial services provider (FSP) licences are about to be issued to crypto service providers. That will make it easier to shut down crypto scammers before they get started. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:29:43
Ditching the rand and going off grid with bitcoin
1/16/2024
Glenn Jooste, co-founder of Bitcoin Ubuntu, explains how trying to save in ever depreciating rands is a losing proposition, and how bitcoin solves this. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:20:45
Got surplus solar power? Start bitcoin mining
1/2/2024
Jesse Pielke, founder of Hashrate Up, is helping South Africans use surplus solar power generated during the day for bitcoin mining (and it's less expensive than you might think). Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:22:14
Will we see the mother of all bitcoin rallies in 2024?
12/19/2023
Omer Iqbal, CEO of crypto company FiveWest, shares his thoughts on the big crypto stories of 2023 and the likelihood of the mother of all bitcoin bull markets in 2024. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:20:46
Now you can trade perpetual futures on bitcoin
12/5/2023
What on earth are those? Gianluca Sacco, chief operating officer at VALR, explains. Crypto exchange VALR recently announced the world's first perpetual futures on bitcoin, payable in rands, with some interesting use cases. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:26:55
Former Europol agents helping SA with crypto law enforcement
11/28/2023
Nils Andersen Röed and Jarek Jakubcek, who are now with Binance, were recently in SA to train local regulators and authorities on the ever-evolving tricks of crypto criminals. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Duration:00:36:02