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Attend this free crypto education event with ‘The Bachelor Trader’, Marc Buckner

Binance will be joined by The Bachelor’s Marc Buckner for a ‘My Crypto Life’ webinar aimed at providing an introduction to crypto-currencies and learning how crypto is changing the lives of everyday people.

Elon Musk’s Bitcoin touch lifts SA crypto exchanges

Since Tesla bought $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin, local crypto players report a huge increase in digital currency transactions on their platforms.

Mastercard is latest big-name to endorse crypto-currencies

The company prepares for the future of crypto payments, announcing that this year it will start supporting select crypto-currencies on its network.

Luno says funds are safe in Nigeria after crypto crackdown

SA’s biggest crypto exchange and other crypto-currency firms halt deposits in naira after the Nigerian government cracks the whip on crypto-currency players.

Taking advantage of xZAR

One of the key use cases for Stablecoins, such as xZAR, is the ability to use it as a payment mechanism.

Nigerians in SA can verify their Remitano accounts using their Nigerian documents

This is part of Remitano’s effort in a bid to enhance borderless access to financial and crypto-currency services.

Crypto-currencies

Even more interest in crypto-currencies

Crypto-currencies are simple to trade and most of them are not bound to the success or failure of any country, providing people with an independent way to hold cash.

Get off my cloud

The managed services approach to security can translate into increased value with lower costs, especially if a business has security products not used to full effect.

Turrito Networks

Crypto-currency theft

Exit scams take centre stage in crypto-currency crimes

Half of all 2020 crypto hacks were of decentralised finance protocols, a pattern that was virtually negligible in all prior years, says CipherTrace.

SA crypto-currency exchange Ovex gets more funding

The firm receives a strategic investment from quantitative crypto-currency trading firm Alameda Research, developer of crypto derivatives exchange FTX.

Sophos identifies source of 'MrbMiner' attacks

Viewing crypto-jacking as a nuisance instead of a serious threat is a mistake, says Sophos.

Learn Bitcoin 101 with Binance South Africa

Binance's first masterclass for 2021 will take place on Thursday, 14 January at 6:30pm.