Moneyweb Crypto
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.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 161
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
The AI war between scammers and the public is getting wild
Sam Mkhize, head of compliance at Binance SA, explains how AI is evolving at a blistering pace, allowing scammers to clone your voice and image, and how crypto exchanges are using AI to fight back.
00:34:25 |
Thu 24 Apr 2025
There’s a perfect storm ahead for the rand and bitcoin
Tariff wars and gold at an all-time high have rattled financial markets. This could push the rand to R22.25 to the dollar and bitcoin to $65 000, says Shiven Moodley, macro strategist at 80eight.
00:27:20 |
Wed 16 Apr 2025
Regulatory overload could stifle crypto boom
Brent Petersen, chair of the Crypto Asset Association of SA, explains how new regulations piled on top of the recently completed licensing process could throttle growth for some firms just beginning …
00:28:04 |
Wed 09 Apr 2025
Why small is beautiful when it comes to crypto
Henco Vorstman, CEO of ChainEx, one of the smaller exchanges in SA, explains why investors and traders often prefer a small exchange – low fees, good arbitrage opportunities, and personal service to …
00:28:14 |
Wed 02 Apr 2025
What's blockchain got to do with a R60bn class action suit against the banks?
Hundreds of homebuyers are taking the banks to court for repossessing their homes and selling them for a fraction of their worth. Advocate Douglas Shaw explains how the repossession crisis in SA came…
00:32:12 |
Wed 26 Mar 2025
Crypto heists, blockchain sleuths, and turning surplus power into bitcoin
The world’s second-largest crypto exchange, Bybit, was hit by a massive hack attack in February, where thieves from North Korea made off with nearly $1.5bn in ethereum. Carel de Jager, research group…
00:29:59 |
Wed 19 Mar 2025
Celebrity impersonation using AI is the new scam
Gerhard van Deventer, head of enforcement at the Financial Sector Conduct Authority, explains how scams – not always involving crypto – are evolving by the week and how AI has made this a dangerous g…
00:31:14 |
Wed 12 Mar 2025
Providing housing to the informal sector using the blockchain
The poor are excluded from housing because they do not qualify for mortgages because credit approvals are based on historical data. Empowa, using the blockchain, has solved this gnarly problem and pl…
00:33:46 |
Wed 05 Mar 2025
AltVest becomes the first company in Africa to start stacking bitcoin
Warren Wheatley intends to follow in the footsteps of MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor by pumping cash and borrowings into bitcoin as a way to preserve shareholder value and mitigate currency risk.
00:24:55 |
Wed 26 Feb 2025
Debunking the myths about bitcoin and crime
Rob Price, CIO of Sound Money, explains how bitcoin is unfairly maligned as the currency of choice for criminals.
00:27:13 |
Wed 19 Feb 2025
What's your preferred crypto exchange?
An Analytico survey puts Luno in the lead, as research leader Wikus Steyn explains, though that's not to say it offers the widest range of crypto or the same number of services as its peers. Christo …
00:19:31 |
Wed 12 Feb 2025
Stock exchanges put on notice – tokenisation is coming for you
While new listings on the JSE and other stock exchanges are declining, tokenised assets built on the blockchain are breathing fresh life into financial markets, explains Connie Bloem, MD of Mesh.Trad…
00:27:40 |
Wed 05 Feb 2025
Why fund managers envy bitcoin's outsized performance.
Bitcoin more than doubled in price in 2024, as it did in 2023. It's no wonder fund managers are eyeing these returns with envy, says Shiven Moodley, macro strategist at 80eight.
00:23:10 |
Wed 29 Jan 2025
Afridax is SA's newest crypto exchange
CEO and founder Frank Leonette explains how it differs from the existing crypto exchanges.
00:24:12 |
Tue 21 Jan 2025
Two crypto court cases expose gaps in SA exchange controls
Wiehann Olivier, partner and head of fintech and digital assets at Forvis Mazars South Africa, explains how exchange control supervision by the Reserve Bank is yet to catch up with the technological …
00:27:02 |
Wed 15 Jan 2025
How safe is your crypto?
Eowyn Chen, CEO of Trust Wallet with 160 million users, explains that keeping your coins on an exchange is much like trusting a bank to look after your cash. That's not always a guarantee of safety.
00:12:51 |
Wed 08 Jan 2025
Can you crash-proof your portfolio with crypto?
JJ Widmaier, co-founder and chief investment officer at Green Era Financial in the US, talks about what he learned in the 2008 financial crash and how financial advisors are warming to crypto as a wa…
00:30:55 |
Wed 18 Dec 2024
‘Tis the season of the altcoin
Bitcoin cracked $100 000 over the last week, dragging a ton of altcoins back to life, with some gaining 300% or 400% in a month. Shiven Moodley, macro strategist with 80eight, explains what’s going o…
00:28:31 |
Wed 11 Dec 2024
USD stablecoins are displacing bitcoin as SA's preferred crypto
Mark Mbugua, SA regional manager for Yellow Card, predicts an explosion in USD stablecoin use across Africa in the next five years because of the ability to move funds in minutes at a fraction of the…
00:28:22 |
Wed 04 Dec 2024
Tokenised wine investment makes a debut
Meza Wines has broken new ground with its tokenised wine investment built on the blockchain. Fine wine investments have historically beaten inflation, explains Meza co-founder Siphe Mwanza.
00:16:26 |
Wed 27 Nov 2024
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