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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.
Wheatley challenges 20-year debarment over R301 in ‘test trades’
Africa Bitcoin Corporation’s former CEO says trades intended to expose platform errors were treated as deliberate share price manipulation. He is challenging the findings and penalties. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
How AI can help fix SA’s crippled municipalities
With only a small fraction receiving clean audits, Empowa’s Glen Jordan argues that AI could help councils scrutinise tenders, track spending and catch problems sooner. Blockchain could preserve the evidence. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Stablecoins take centre stage as bitcoin speculation fades
Absa digital assets head Rob Downes says stablecoin flows across the bank’s African markets have more than doubled over the past four years. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
R2.2bn in investment on hold over proposed crypto controls – VALR
VALR CEO Farzam Ehsani warns that the draft crypto rules on exchange controls could drive businesses, jobs and tax revenue offshore. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Crypto privacy is dead… and Sars knows where the bodies are buried
Crypto investors may have years of transactions scattered across exchanges and wallets. New international reporting rules mean Sars will increasingly have data to check what taxpayers declare, explains Carel de Jager, CEO of blockchain analytics firm Sixpence. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Crypto privacy is dead… and Sars knows where the bodies are buried
Crypto investors may have years of transactions scattered across exchanges and wallets. New international reporting rules mean Sars will increasingly have data to check what taxpayers declare, explains Carel de Jager, CEO of blockchain analytics firm Sixpence. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
South Africans are getting better at spotting fraud
The scams are becoming more convincing, helped by AI, with an astonishing 85% of South Africans encountering one in the past year, says Thalia Pillay of Orca Fraud. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
The dangers of over-regulating crypto
Proposed new exchange-control rules could cripple SA’s crypto industry, undermine self-custody and push transactions offshore, warns MoneyBadger CEO Carel van Wyk. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
What happens to your cryptocurrency when you die?
Harry Joffe of Discovery Life explains how poor planning can leave heirs locked out of valuable digital assets. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
What happens to your cryptocurrency when you die?
Harry Joffe of Discovery Life explains how poor planning can leave heirs locked out of valuable digital assets. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Crypto criminals are increasingly attacking people, not passwords
So-called ‘wrench attacks’ involving kidnapping, home invasions and physical threats have already netted criminals more than $30m this year, explains Philip Adiamah from Chainalysis. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
When a cold wallet isn’t so cold: Lessons from the $90m bitcoin theft
Cold wallets were long considered the safest way to store bitcoin. A recent AI-enabled hack has challenged that view, says Novaque CEO Shiven Moodley. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Does the wine taste better when you own a piece of the vineyard?
Bitexen SA CEO Mark Diuga explains how the new Arra Vineyard Token will give ordinary investors exposure to a working Stellenbosch wine farm – and why vineyards, sports clubs and safari lodges could be next in line for tokenisation. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Does Africa really need more local currency stablecoins?
A new report by Standard Chartered and Zodia Markets argues for exactly this outcome. Rochelle McCauley from Standard Chartered Bank explains why. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Does Sars want to tax crypto to death?
Some people think so. Others have a more nuanced view, among them Tertius Troost, tax specialist at RSM SA. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Stablecoins are just the start of something huge in finance
If you thought stablecoins were cool, wait until you see what’s coming. Philipp Zentner of LI.FI has a front-row seat and says we are about to enter a world where billions of transactions a day will criss-cross different blockchains at a fraction of current costs. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Copper is not gold – and that’s the point
Connie Bloem, CEO of Mesh Trade, explains why investors are falling in love with copper, which has doubled in price since 2023, and explores the benefits of tokenised copper, gold and silver. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Imagine getting scammed by your own son
Or what AI convinces you – using voice and video cloning – is your own son, lying in a hospital bed and in desperate need of funds. This actually happened to a Cape Town couple. Thalia Pillay, co-founder and CEO of Orca Fraud, traces the frightening outlines of this new frontier of AI scams. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
AI agent told to ‘make money’ launches memecoin, pockets $100m
Silver Sixpence CEO Carel de Jager explains how AI agents will soon surpass the ‘human’ economy in size. He also relates the bizarre story of Truth Terminal, an AI agent that launched a hugely profitable memecoin after being instructed to instructed to make money. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Let’s be brave and lift exchange controls – Farzam Ehsani
VALR CEO Farzam Ehsani says SA has a golden opportunity to lift exchange controls rather than tighten them. It will unleash innovation and attract capital, and what exactly are we trying to fix with these proposed regulations? Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Are regulators strangling crypto in the crib?
There’s been a ton of backlash against SA’s proposed new exchange control rules. AfriDax CEO Frank Leonette tells us why, and what he thinks will happen next. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Is bitcoin a buy?
At around $75 000, bitcoin is down 40% from its peak of $124 000 in October last year. Rob Price of Sound Money explains why he thinks bitcoin is forming a bottom. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Can tokenisation spark an economic revival in SA?
How much value is tied up in frozen assets in SA? If we can unfreeze these assets through tokenisation – allowing ordinary South Africans to buy fractions of companies, properties and even farms and rare wines, what value could be unlocked? Shiven Moodley, CEO of Novaque, brings us a little closer to understanding what’s possible. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Can tokenisation spark an economic revival in SA?
How much value is tied up in frozen assets in SA? If we can unfreeze these assets through tokenisation – allowing ordinary South Africans to buy fractions of companies, properties and even farms and rare wines, what value could be unlocked? Shiven Moodley, CEO of Novaque, brings us a little closer to understanding what’s possible. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Dawie Roodt: Do we still need exchange controls?
The Efficient Group chief economist weighs in on new exchange
control regulations and doesn’t like them one bit – nor, it appears,
does he have much time for any kind of controls. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
$1.2bn spent on crypto in a week and the market didn’t blink
Institutions ploughed $1.2bn into bitcoin in a week and markets didn't blink. Cape Crypto CEO Leon Kowalski explains what's really driving crypto and shares his fiery take on government's proposed exchange control changes. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
New exchange control rules: ‘If they pass, we’re leaving SA’
Adopting Bitcoin conference co-organiser Ricki Allardice takes a temperature reading of the room after publication of draft exchange control regulations ... and it’s getting hot. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Something new: A multi-currency token to rule them all
And it promises to be more stable than a stablecoin. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
We’re moving into the age of decentralised money
Hannes Wessels, GM for Binance South Africa, explains why central bank issuance of money is facing competition from stablecoins – and it’s coming much faster than anyone imagined. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
Selling trading signals is the scam du jour – FSCA
Head of enforcement at the Financial Sector Conduct Authority, Gerhard van Deventer, walks us through a new generation of scams, from deep fakes of FSCA personnel to selling trading signals. Moneyweb Crypto news articles
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
