A common currency would be challenging for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa to initiate and maintain, but it could have an impact on Bitcoin, investment strategist Lyn Alden says.
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South Africa’s financial regulator has announced that all crypto exchanges in the country must obtain licenses by the end of 2023.
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South Africa reportedly becomes the first country on the continent to require digital asset exchanges to be licensed.
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While Musk has a bigger frame and height advantage by being 6-foot-1, Zuckerberg has now been training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu for nine months.
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Bitcoin has a marketing problem, but journalist and BTC evangelist Joe Hall is doing his best to fix it.
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South African cricket icon AB de Villiers trades his bat for Web3 as he discusses his love affair with NFTs and a partnership with a novel Ethereum-based investment platform.
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The CFTC said it’s the largest fraudulent Bitcoin scheme charged in any of its cases and the “highest civil monetary penalty ordered in a CFTC case.”
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Nigerian crypto exchange Roqqu has received the green light to operate in South Africa, providing on and off-ramps to South Africa’s rand currency.
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Africa witnessed a 429% YoY increase in venture funding in 2022, with the majority of funding coming from Seychelles and South Africa.
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The acute cash shortage in Nigeria was due to the central bank’s decision to replace older bank notes with bigger denominations amid rising inflation.
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Grocery retailer Pick n Pay is now accepting Bitcoin payments via the Lightning Network nationwide following a three-month testing phase.
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Cryptocurrency products and services feature in a new clause in South Africa’s code of advertising practice introduced by the Advertising Regulatory Board.
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The central bank governor highlighted that the South African Reserve Bank would rather follow than become a first mover in retail CBDCs.
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While regulations were once seen as hurdles to crypto adoption, they are now perceived as the fastest way to attain global mainstream adoption.
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Founders of Bitcoin Beach El Salavdor, Bitcoin Ekasi in South africa, Dakar Bitcoin Days in Senegal and Global Bitcoin Fest shed light on building Bitcoin communities around the world.
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