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  Stablecoins take centre stage as bitcoin speculation fades 24.09.2026 21min

  Absa digital assets head Rob Downes says stablecoin flows across the bank’s African markets have more than doubled over the past four years.
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  R2.2bn in investment on hold over proposed crypto controls – VALR 17.09.2026 22min

  VALR CEO Farzam Ehsani warns that the draft crypto rules on exchange controls could drive businesses, jobs and tax revenue offshore.
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  Crypto privacy is dead… and Sars knows where the bodies are buried 10.09.2026 16min

  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.
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  South Africans are getting better at spotting fraud 03.09.2026 19min

  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.
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  The dangers of over-regulating crypto 28.08.2026 17min

  Proposed new exchange-control rules could cripple SA’s crypto industry, undermine self-custody and push transactions offshore, warns MoneyBadger CEO Carel van Wyk.
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  What happens to your cryptocurrency when you die? 20.08.2026 17min

  Harry Joffe of Discovery Life explains how poor planning can leave heirs locked out of valuable digital assets.
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  Crypto criminals are increasingly attacking people, not passwords 13.08.2026 21min

  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.
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  When a cold wallet isn’t so cold: Lessons from the $90m bitcoin theft 06.08.2026 19min

  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.
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  Does the wine taste better when you own a piece of the vineyard? 30.07.2026 18min

  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.
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  Does Africa really need more local currency stablecoins? 23.07.2026 18min

  A new report by Standard Chartered and Zodia Markets argues for exactly this outcome. Rochelle McCauley from Standard Chartered Bank explains why.
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  Does Sars want to tax crypto to death? 16.07.2026 13min

  Some people think so. Others have a more nuanced view, among them Tertius Troost, tax specialist at RSM SA.
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  Stablecoins are just the start of something huge in finance 09.07.2026 17min

  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.
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  Copper is not gold – and that’s the point 02.07.2026 18min

  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.
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  Imagine getting scammed by your own son 25.06.2026 11min

  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.
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  AI agent told to ‘make money’ launches memecoin, pockets $100m 18.06.2026 24min

  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.
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  Let’s be brave and lift exchange controls – Farzam Ehsani 11.06.2026 25min

  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?
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  Are regulators strangling crypto in the crib? 04.06.2026 21min

  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.
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  Is bitcoin a buy? 28.05.2026 21min

  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.
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  Can tokenisation spark an economic revival in SA? 21.05.2026 22min

  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.
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  Dawie Roodt: Do we still need exchange controls? 14.05.2026 21min

  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.