Bitcoin miners are solving Africa’s huge power deficit

Both VALR and Luno have launched tokenised stocks in SA, allowing South Africans to purchase exposure to US equities like Tesla and Nvidia without having to use their foreign allowance. It’s part of an accelerating trend where cryptocurrencies are gatecrashing the traditional finance space, explains VALR chief operating officer Gianluca…

Best-selling author and bitcoin miner Giannis Andreou says it’s not just bitcoin that’s getting attention from serious investors. Ethereum, written off by some as dead just a year ago, is back with a bang, as are some of the minnows of the crypto world.

JSE-listed companies should be adopting bitcoin strategic reserves if they pause for a minute and take a serious look at the state of SA and the prospects for the rand, says tech entrepreneur Stafford Masie.

Bitget, one of the world's largest crypto exchanges, is making a noisy entrance into the SA market with products such as credit cards linked to your crypto wallet and tokensied shares, explains head of growth for Africa, Callan Richardson.

Stablecoins too – and not as a sign of risk tolerance, but to mitigate the risks of fiat debasement, as 80eight macro strategist Shiven Moodley explains.