Beyond Bitcoin: Decentralised Finance and the End of Banks

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Refilwe Moloto yanks the blockchain with Steven Boykey Sidley and Simon Dingle, authors of Beyond Bitcoin: Decentralised Finance and the end of Banks.

Simon Dingle is an author, broadcaster and entrepreneur with extensive experience in cryptocurrency. He has been on the founding teams of several fintech firms, including Luno. He published In Maths We Trust in 2018 and has co-authored his second book with Steven Boykey Sidley, Beyond Bitcoin: Decentralised Finance and the End of Banks, releasing in 2022.

Steven Boykey Sidley has worked extensively in technology and finance and is an award-winning novelist, playwright and columnist. He co-authored, Beyond Bitcoin – Decentralised Finance and the End of Banks, with Simon Dingle, which will release in South Africa early in 2022. This is his sixth book.

Refilwe Moloto is a strategic and economic advisor with 15 years’ financial services experience in Emerging Markets research, broking and asset management in Johannesburg, New York and Cape Town. She currently serves as an External Expert Advisor on Eskom Pension & Provident Fund’s Strategic Investment Committee. She is also a Fellow of the 11th Class of the Africa Leadership Initiative, a regional chapter of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.Moloto is also a commentator and thought leader on strategic economic & financial market development in Africa, invited to speak at global technical conferences and in the media. She currently anchors the morning show, Breakfast with Refilwe Moloto, which airs on CapeTalk.
1 Aug 2022 English South Africa Books · Society & Culture

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