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Connie Bloem of Mesh Trade explains why US dollar and even ZAR stablecoins like the recently launched yZAR are exploding around the world. Moneyweb Crypto news articles

You can be sure the JSE and financial institutions are taking notice. Moneyweb Crypto news articles

Hannes Wessels, general manager for Binance SA, explains how to make your crypto work harder for you, earning returns 11% and more in US dollar terms. Moneyweb Crypto news articles

Altvest changes its name to Africa Bitcoin Corp and plans to raise R3.68bn ($210m) to invest in Bitcoin. The two men behind the project, Altvest CEO Warren Wheatley and tech entrepreneur Stafford Masie, explain this radical new approach to building what they see as bullet-proof balance sheets. Moneyweb Crypto news articles

The SA Reserve Bank says the threat of being excommunicated from SWIFT is likely to focus certain individuals rather than the country as a whole, but we should not take this lying down, says 80eight CEO Faadil Moti, as the experience with Russia and Iran shows that events can escalate quickly. Moneyweb Crypto news articles

Warren Deats, chief investment officer at Geddes Capital, explains that banks are likely far closer to entering the crypto space than many realise. Deats, himself a former banker and a crypto sceptic, says he understands the banks’ hesitancy when it comes to crypto, but argues they cannot delay their entry to the crypto space much longer. Moneyweb Crypto news articles

If they’ve seen a video of Elon Musk or Cyril Ramaphosa or any other celebrity

telling them how to turn R4 500 into R20 000 in a month, it’s a scam says Gerhard van Deventer, head of enforcement at the Financial Sector Conduct Authority. Moneyweb Crypto news articles

Both VALR and Luno have launched tokenised stocks in SA, allowing South Africans to purchase exposure to US equities like Tesla and Nvidia without having to use their foreign allowance. It’s part of an accelerating trend where cryptocurrencies are gatecrashing the traditional finance space, explains VALR chief operating officer Gianluca Sacci. Moneyweb Crypto news articles

Best-selling author and bitcoin miner Giannis Andreou says it’s not just bitcoin that’s getting attention from serious investors. Ethereum, written off by some as dead just a year ago, is back with a bang, as are some of the minnows of the crypto world. Moneyweb Crypto news articles

JSE-listed companies should be adopting bitcoin strategic reserves if they pause for a minute and take a serious look at the state of SA and the prospects for the rand, says tech entrepreneur Stafford Masie. Moneyweb Crypto news articles