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 stablecoin explosion in East Africa
David Gitonga of BitKE is a force of nature, leading the crusade for crypto adoption across the region.
00:15:04 |
Wed 20 Nov 2024
Strange stories from Brazil as we track MTI founder Johann Steynberg's last days
There are suspicions that he may not be dead at all. An on-the-scene investigation by Stephen Timm, who went to Brazil to see if Steynberg is alive or dead, exposes more weirdness than we could have …
00:37:37 |
Wed 13 Nov 2024
How crypto is cleaning up its regulatory act
Noah Perlman, chief compliance officer at Binance, talks about how the company is working with law enforcement and regulators to bring crypto into the regulated age. This follows the recent release o…
00:09:40 |
Wed 06 Nov 2024
The new world of education built on the blockchain
One way to eliminate fraudulent university degrees is to post them on the blockchain for everyone to see. Two entrepreneurs – Shahid Hussein of Alchemial and Shan Han of Open Campus – are tackling ed…
00:22:30 |
Wed 30 Oct 2024
What we've learned about crypto one year after licensing
Two hundred twenty-five licences have been issued in the last year, more than 100 companies withdrew their applications, and eight were declined. Deepfake scams are becoming alarmingly sophisticated,…
00:28:47 |
Wed 23 Oct 2024
The eerie calm before the storm
This is now one of the longest periods bitcoin has remained trapped in a relatively narrow range. The longer this goes on, the more explosive the move. Shiven Moodley, macro strategist at 80eight, ex…
00:24:58 |
Wed 16 Oct 2024
Why stablecoin Tether is more profitable than Goldman Sachs.
Stablecoins, backed by real-world assets such as the US dollar, are on a rampage. Jon Ovadia, CEO of crypto exchange OVEX, explains how USD-backed stablecoin Tether, with just 100 employees, recently…
00:30:44 |
Wed 09 Oct 2024
How to spot a crypto scam
Louis Nel, co-host of the G-Crypt social media channel, talks about the emergence of some new and alarming scams, often using crypto vulnerabilities.
00:25:24 |
Wed 02 Oct 2024
Now you can bitcoin your way to an EU passport
Katie Ananina of Plan B passport explains some recent updates to Portugal's Golden Visa programme that permits an investment into a bitcoin fund as a route to an EU passport. It seems other countries…
00:18:35 |
Wed 25 Sep 2024
Can deep fakes empty your bank account?
Waheed Adam, chairperson of iTouch, explains that the threats from AI and deep fakes are very real, and how one multinational company lost $25 million to a deep fake fraudster pretending to be the CE…
00:26:22 |
Wed 18 Sep 2024
Bitcoin as an instrument of freedom
Farzam Ehsani, CEO of crypto exchange VALR, argues bitcoin represents a monumental leap in personal freedom given the inequalities and distortions built into the current financial system. If it is an…
00:31:26 |
Wed 11 Sep 2024
Using crypto to expand your business
Some companies like 80Eight are using crypto not as a speculative investment but as a way to expand business opportunities. Founder and CEO Faadil Moti explains how it's done.
00:18:48 |
Wed 04 Sep 2024
Is bitcoin mining about to take off in SA?
Carel de Jager, research group leader at the CSIR and CEO of SilverSixpence, says the country will soon be swimming in surplus solar power after years of loadshedding. Bitcoin mining is one obvious s…
00:31:04 |
Wed 28 Aug 2024
NeoNomad goes after mass market crypto adoption
Hanres Beukes, CEO and founder of NeoNomad, came up with a plan to ignite mass market crypto adoption - a hybrid exchange blending the best of centralised and decentralised exchanges in a way that is…
00:31:30 |
Wed 21 Aug 2024
What are the risks of losing your crypto?
Christo de Wit, SA country manager for Luno, explains the challenges of shipping crypto from one address to another and how 'poisoning attacks' – with addresses similar to your own – are on the incre…
00:22:06 |
Wed 14 Aug 2024
How web3 is the future of the internet
It transforms the internet from a read-write function to a platform where anyone can receive payment without a bank siphoning off a percentage, as explained by Francesco Andreoli, who leads the devel…
00:32:53 |
Wed 07 Aug 2024
Cellphones based on the blockchain have arrived
You might wonder what cellphones can possibly have to do with blockchain technology. They're called crypto or blockchain phones and they do a few things that normal smartphones do not, as Brian Maw, …
00:23:01 |
Wed 31 Jul 2024
Will tokenised assets one day rule the world?
Mesh.trade is a new marketplace for 'tokenised' financial assets and recently raised R100 million in the form of a bond for building out schools. Could markets like these, where entrepreneurs big and…
00:31:40 |
Wed 24 Jul 2024
Pick n Pay surpasses R1m a month in crypto payments.
That may seem like small change for a group tallying more than R9 billion a month in sales, but what's impressive is the exponential growth in crypto as a means of payment, and what people are spendi…
00:25:53 |
Wed 17 Jul 2024
Bitcoin breaks ranks with traditional assets
Bitcoin has a low correlation to traditional assets such as equities, bonds and cash, and that correlation is weakening with time. Jason Welz, digital lead at alternative investment company Jaltech, …
00:26:57 |
Wed 10 Jul 2024
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