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Taxman SARS pursues crypto dealers at SA exchanges

AltCoinTrader, Luno, and VALR confirm that they have received requests for transactional information in relation to a small number of customers.

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Hydra
May 28, 2021

Dark Web marketplace Hydra rakes in $1.37bn in crypto

The notorious platform sees growth in annual transaction volumes, marking a 624% year-over-year jump over a three-year period from 2018 to 2020.

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SARB studies feasibility of central bank digital currency

The process will include electronic legal tender for general-purpose retail use, complementary to cash, says the South African Reserve Bank.

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Xspot Technology
May 25, 2021

People who know or could be Satoshi Nakamoto

Craig Wright, an Australian scientist, was listed as Bitcoin’s creator by Wired magazine in 2015, but nobody knows for sure.

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Frederik De Breuck
May 20, 2021

How digitalised rice trading is improving global food security

The Rice Exchange platform, built by Fujitsu, digitalises rice trading using a blockchain distributed ledger technology platform, says Frederik De Breuck, head of the Blockchain Innovation Center at Fujitsu.

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Elon Musk
May 18, 2021

Elon Musk’s flip-flopping on Bitcoin knocks crypto confidence

The fact that the billionaire can drive such price volatility just through his tweeted words should have people worried, say analysts.

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Online casinos
May 17, 2021

Should you invest in online casinos?

Increasingly, players are using Bitcoin as a payment method on online casinos as it is fully optimised for digital use and provides instant deposits and withdrawals.

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Binance
May 17, 2021

Global crypto player Binance readies launch of NFT marketplace

The global crypto exchange is set to debut a non-fungible token-based marketplace, with footballer Alphonso Davies being among its listed artists.

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Ethereum
May 12, 2021

SA crypto exchanges ride on Ethereum’s all-time highs

Luno, AltCoinTrader and VALR report a massive surge in volumes and interest in the world’s second most popular digital currency.

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Jonathan Ovadia
May 11, 2021

Bitcoin’s bull run continues

The biggest driver of this latest Bitcoin growth has been the entrance of large, institutional players into the market, says Jonathan Ovadia, CEO of Ovex.

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Paxful
May 10, 2021

Paxful reaches 6m users, on track for 20% growth

The global crypto-currency platform garners over six million users and has traded over $5 billion since inception.

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Jonathan Ovadia
May 10, 2021

Taking advantage of arbitrage

Arbitrage represents one of the emerging growth areas for crypto-currency investors.