cryptocurrency

Got an idea for a side hustle? Fund it with crypto

Wondering how to fund your side hustle with crypto if you don’t have enough spare money lying around to start with? After all, don’t…

Luno welcomes SARB green light for crypto exchanges

Global cryptocurrency investment app Luno has welcomed a guidance note issued by the South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) prudential authority which confirms that banks…

Partnership makes buying crypto in SA ‘easier than ever’

Investing in cryptocurrencies just got easier in South Africa. Assets retailer Easy Crypto has partnered with payments and data API Stitch to enable its…

One of Africa’s poorest countries adopts bitcoin as legal tender

From tax payments to everyday purchases, digital cash is becoming increasingly adopted around the world. Cryptocurrencies are shifting from the fringes of finance to…

Luno hits new milestone with 10 million customers

Luno, the crypto company founded by two South Africans, now has 10 million customers in over 40 countries. Luno’s latest one million customers were…

Luno adds Chainlink and Uniswap to crypto portfolio

Luno users can from today buy, sell and store Chainlink (LINK) and Uniswap (UNI) alongside their existing crypto holdings on the global cryptocurrency platform’s…

Calls for higher auditing frequency of South African crypto market

Regulators and auditors play an increasingly vital role in securing and validating the big data infrastructure of Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) as crypto…

The cryptocurrencies that have outperformed bitcoin

Over the longer-term Bitcoin’s astonishing price performance has been eclipsed by other smaller alternative cryptocurrencies Twelve months ago, bitcoin was trading at $5 355….

SA’s largest online broker expands footprint in Africa

CMTrading, South Africa’s largest online broker and a leader in the international markets, has opened up an office in Lagos, Nigeria. CMTrading expands to…

SA crypto startup enables users to earn interest on Ethereum and USDC

South African-born cryptocurrency exchange startup Luno has announced that its users can now earn up to 4% interest per annum on Ethereum and up to…

Luno crypto platform adds US dollar stablecoin

Luno, one of South Africa’s leading cryptocurrency exchange platforms has announced the addition of USDC, one of the most secure stablecoin on the market to…

Is Bitcoin the new Gold?

Bitcoin’s price has once again soared in recent months – as has the price of some of its other cryptocurrency peers, such as Ethereum…

Crypto startup expands electricity top-up service in Africa

UK-based cryptocurrency startup, Electroneum has expanded its electricity top-up service to four more African countries. The service will now be available in Sierra Leone, Togo,…

Crypto-assets defined as financial products by FCSA

On 20 November 2020, the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) published the draft declaration of crypto assets as a “financial product” as defined in…

Global crypto marketplace partners with African fintech startup

Global crypto marketplace, Paxful has partnered with African financial services tech startup, Uhuru Wallet. The mobile payment platform will be added as a payment…

JSE backed Revix offers a different approach to crypto investing

With bitcoin recently hitting a new 20 months high and seeing a colossal 25% jump in October alone we seem to be back in…

Cryptocurrency: The Chameleon Commodity [Opinion]

Daniel Kibel, co-founder of CM Trading shares insight on the current cryptocurrency landscape and how it has changed the trading scene. Cryptocurreny has quickly…

South African crypto startup Luno goes global

Luno, a South African founded cryptocurrency exchange, has been acquired by the world’s largest blockchain investor. Luno, one of the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchange,…

SA crypto startup expands into Australia

Luno, a local cryptocurrency exchange company, with over a reported five million customers in over 40 countries across the world, has announced the expansion…

A guide to basic crypto lingo

With crypto taking South Africa by storm with a reported thousands of South Africans signing up for cryptocurrency over the past few months, Luno,…

VALR raises R57-million to advance cryptocurrency adoption

VALR, one of South Africa’s leading cryptocurrency exchange, announced today that it has raised R57-million (US$3.4-million) to advance the adoption of cryptocurrencies. The Series…

SA Crypto startup partners with one of the world’s largest exchanges

ChainEx, a local South African cryptocurrency exchange has partnered with one of the world’s leading exchanges, OKEx. The new partnership will allow crypto traders…

Outcry from Shopin investors as court finalises judgement in SEC case against Eran Eyal

Investors that took part in convicted SA entrepreneur Eran Eyal’s $42.5-million Shopin initial coin offering (ICO) are up in arms over a US court’s…

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