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August 16, 2018 •
General, Sponsored •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
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Across the globe, more and more of the world’s biggest and most wealthy countries have turned their interest towards South Africa has a destination for investment and this is certainly no recent change. In fact, since the early 2010’s, an increasing...
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August 10, 2018 •
Finance, Sponsored •
Danielle Kruger •
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As a driving force behind a number of innovations across the world, cryptocurrencies are continuing to make their mark in countries like Africa. As the popularity of cryptocurrencies continues to grow, and with African countries such as South Africa and Kenya...
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August 8, 2018 •
Opinion, Security •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
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Blockchain technologies present opportunities for disruptive innovation. However, they also present controversy, especially with regards to the security of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. Released as open-source software in 2009, Bitcoins are created as a...
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August 6, 2018 •
Education, Finance •
Neo Sesinye •
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Paxful, the global crypto-marketplace, launched #BuiltWithBitcoin to encourage the cryptocurrency sector to contribute funds for humanitarian projects. The International non-profit organization, Zam Zam Water, is the implementation partner for the program....
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June 22, 2018 •
Finance, Top Stories •
Neo Sesinye •
Comments Off on Bitcoin could break the internet, warns banking group
Don’t bet on bitcoin ever replacing the dollar or other traditional currencies as everyday money. That’s one of the messages from a new report by an organisation that represents dozens of the world’s central banks. According to a report by...
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June 17, 2018 •
Finance, Online & Social •
Danielle Kruger •
Comments Off on Thomson Reuters expands sentiment data to track Top 100 Cryptocurrencies
Thomson Reuters has expanded its sentiment data offerings to track the top 100 cryptocurrencies through its partnership with MarketPsych Data LLC, a market leader in quantitative behavioral science. This new MarketPsych Indices (TRMI) package uses machine...
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June 15, 2018 •
Finance, General •
Neo Sesinye •
Comments Off on High-net-worth individuals embrace cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrencies are the “future of money” and wealthy investors seem to agree. This is according to Nigel Green, CEO of the deVere Group, an international financial services organisation. The Group, which launched the deVere Crypto app earlier this year,...
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April 26, 2018 •
Finance, Security, Sponsored •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on Cryptocurrency craze leads to new DDoS tactics
As the world of cryptocurrencies continues to grow exponentially, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attackers have a new set of targets, namely the exchanges that power cryptocurrency trades, as well as the computer systems used to ‘mine’...
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April 11, 2018 •
Finance, Opinion, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on Life after Bitcoin: Understanding the cryptocurrency and betting on its future
You probably noticed the shift during the second half of 2017. Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies went from something you vaguely knew about and planned to read up on real soon, to the main topic of conversation at dinner parties. Since then the crypto fanboys have...
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February 26, 2018 •
Security, Top Stories •
Darryl Linington •
Comments Off on Is your Bitcoin safe?
Cryptocurrency has been in the news a great deal lately. The interest in Bitcoin and other forms of digital currency has sparked a great deal of interest and debate – to invest or not to invest seems to be the prevailing question. But it is not a perfect...
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February 5, 2018 •
Finance, Opinion, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Can we solve the tax dilemma around Bitcoin?
Although usually behind the global curve, South Africa seems to be keeping pace with the current Bitcoin trend. This is positive, as we are living in an increasingly digital world with it only being a matter of time before currency too, became digital. The...
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January 29, 2018 •
Finance, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on Trading in Bitcoin – Keep the Tax Man in mind
Due to the very recent emergence of virtual currencies or cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, in South Africa, there are currently no specific laws or regulations that deal with the use of cryptocurrencies. It follows that, to date, there isn’t any court...
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January 22, 2018 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Online & Social, Security, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Opera adds Bitcoin mining protection in its mobile browsers
Opera announced on 18 January 2018 that it is adding protection against cryptocurrency mining scripts to all its mobile browsers, which according to the company, will aid in protecting hundreds of millions of smartphone browser users. The announcement came...
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January 22, 2018 •
Finance, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Bitcoin is not really money and Visa wont touch it says CEO
In an interview with CNBC, Alfred Kelly, the CEO of credit card giant Visa, revealed that he believes that Bitcoin – the world’s largest cryptocurrency – is not really money and Visa won’t touch it. During the interview, which was...
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January 19, 2018 •
Finance, Online & Social, Southern Africa, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Africans can buy and sell multiple cryptocurrencies with newly launched platform
On 18 January 2018, Coindirect.com, a way to buy and sell cryptocurrencies online, announced the initial launch of its platform for local currency trading. The Coindirect.com cryptocurrency marketplace is designed to make trading in digital currencies simple,...
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January 16, 2018 •
Finance, Opinion, Southern Africa •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Beware of cryptocurrencies warns debt expert after hack
A rapidly growing number of deeply indebted consumers are getting themselves into financial trouble by “investing” in cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ripple. Neil Roets, CEO of Debt Rescue, a debt counselling companies in South Africa, said he was...
