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by Moneyweb Radio · English · Tech & Science
Moneyweb Crypto explores all things crypto and blockchain: the good, the bad and the impossible. If you're looking to invest in cryptocurrencies, or understand this evolving universe, you're in the right place.
8 Oct 2026 · 16 min
Africa Bitcoin Corporation’s former CEO says trades intended to expose platform errors were treated as deliberate share price manipulation. He is challenging the findings and penalties.
1 Oct 2026 · 21 min
With only a small fraction receiving clean audits, Empowa’s Glen Jordan argues that AI could help councils scrutinise tenders, track spending and catch problems sooner. Blockchain could preserve the evidence.
24 Sep 2026 · 21 min
Absa digital assets head Rob Downes says stablecoin flows across the bank’s African markets have more than doubled over the past four years.
17 Sep 2026 · 23 min
VALR CEO Farzam Ehsani warns that the draft crypto rules on exchange controls could drive businesses, jobs and tax revenue offshore.
10 Sep 2026 · 16 min
Crypto investors may have years of transactions scattered across exchanges and wallets. New international reporting rules mean Sars will increasingly have data to check what taxpayers declare, explains Carel de Jager, CEO of blockchain analytics firm Sixpence.
3 Sep 2026 · 19 min
The scams are becoming more convincing, helped by AI, with an astonishing 85% of South Africans encountering one in the past year, says Thalia Pillay of Orca Fraud.
28 Aug 2026 · 18 min
Proposed new exchange-control rules could cripple SA’s crypto industry, undermine self-custody and push transactions offshore, warns MoneyBadger CEO Carel van Wyk.
20 Aug 2026 · 17 min
Harry Joffe of Discovery Life explains how poor planning can leave heirs locked out of valuable digital assets.
13 Aug 2026 · 21 min
So-called ‘wrench attacks’ involving kidnapping, home invasions and physical threats have already netted criminals more than $30m this year, explains Philip Adiamah from Chainalysis.
6 Aug 2026 · 20 min
Cold wallets were long considered the safest way to store bitcoin. A recent AI-enabled hack has challenged that view, says Novaque CEO Shiven Moodley.
30 Jul 2026 · 19 min
Bitexen SA CEO Mark Diuga explains how the new Arra Vineyard Token will give ordinary investors exposure to a working Stellenbosch wine farm – and why vineyards, sports clubs and safari lodges could be next in line for tokenisation.
23 Jul 2026 · 18 min
A new report by Standard Chartered and Zodia Markets argues for exactly this outcome. Rochelle McCauley from Standard Chartered Bank explains why.
16 Jul 2026 · 13 min
Some people think so. Others have a more nuanced view, among them Tertius Troost, tax specialist at RSM SA.
9 Jul 2026 · 18 min
If you thought stablecoins were cool, wait until you see what’s coming. Philipp Zentner of LI.FI has a front-row seat and says we are about to enter a world where billions of transactions a day will criss-cross different blockchains at a fraction of current costs.
2 Jul 2026 · 19 min
Connie Bloem, CEO of Mesh Trade, explains why investors are falling in love with copper, which has doubled in price since 2023, and explores the benefits of tokenised copper, gold and silver.
25 Jun 2026 · 12 min
Or what AI convinces you – using voice and video cloning – is your own son, lying in a hospital bed and in desperate need of funds. This actually happened to a Cape Town couple. Thalia Pillay, co-founder and CEO of Orca Fraud, traces the frightening outlines of this new frontier of AI scams.
18 Jun 2026 · 25 min
Silver Sixpence CEO Carel de Jager explains how AI agents will soon surpass the ‘human’ economy in size. He also relates the bizarre story of Truth Terminal, an AI agent that launched a hugely profitable memecoin after being instructed to instructed to make money.
11 Jun 2026 · 25 min
VALR CEO Farzam Ehsani says SA has a golden opportunity to lift exchange controls rather than tighten them. It will unleash innovation and attract capital, and what exactly are we trying to fix with these proposed regulations?
4 Jun 2026 · 21 min
There’s been a ton of backlash against SA’s proposed new exchange control rules. AfriDax CEO Frank Leonette tells us why, and what he thinks will happen next.
28 May 2026 · 22 min
At around $75 000, bitcoin is down 40% from its peak of $124 000 in October last year. Rob Price of Sound Money explains why he thinks bitcoin is forming a bottom.
21 May 2026 · 23 min
How much value is tied up in frozen assets in SA? If we can unfreeze these assets through tokenisation – allowing ordinary South Africans to buy fractions of companies, properties and even farms and rare wines, what value could be unlocked? Shiven Moodley, CEO of Novaque, brings us a little closer to understanding what’s possible.
14 May 2026 · 21 min
The Efficient Group chief economist weighs in on new exchange control regulations and doesn’t like them one bit – nor, it appears, does he have much time for any kind of controls.
7 May 2026 · 21 min
Institutions ploughed $1.2bn into bitcoin in a week and markets didn't blink. Cape Crypto CEO Leon Kowalski explains what's really driving crypto and shares his fiery take on government's proposed exchange control changes.
29 Apr 2026 · 25 min
Adopting Bitcoin conference co-organiser Ricki Allardice takes a temperature reading of the room after publication of draft exchange control regulations ... and it’s getting hot.
23 Apr 2026 · 19 min
And it promises to be more stable than a stablecoin.
16 Apr 2026 · 16 min
Hannes Wessels, GM for Binance South Africa, explains why central bank issuance of money is facing competition from stablecoins – and it’s coming much faster than anyone imagined.
9 Apr 2026 · 25 min
Head of enforcement at the Financial Sector Conduct Authority, Gerhard van Deventer, walks us through a new generation of scams, from deep fakes of FSCA personnel to selling trading signals.
1 Apr 2026 · 22 min
Exchanges that used to transact 1 000 bitcoin a day are now doing 50. But while crypto transactions have collapsed, stablecoins have picked up the slack, says Carel de Jager, CEO of crypto data analytics firm Silver Sixpence.
26 Mar 2026 · 24 min
Wiehann Olivier, partner and global co-head of digital assets for Forvis Mazars, explains what new stablecoin regulations will look like and why SA needs to speed up its regulatory reform.
19 Mar 2026 · 19 min
Langelihle Nkabinde from EasyEquities explains the role of the new Zaru rand stablecoin and why it’s so important.
Moneyweb Crypto explores all things crypto and blockchain: the good, the bad and the impossible. If you're looking to invest in cryptocurrencies, or understand this evolving universe, you're in the right place.
Moneyweb Crypto is a English tech & science podcast from Moneyweb Radio. Melo plays each episode straight from the publisher's own feed — no ads added, no account needed — and remembers where you stopped, in this browser only.
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