Crypto
Guides and explainers on buying, holding and moving digital assets with rand — on a platform licensed as a South African FSP. We cover how ZAR pricing works, what custody actually means, and how to avoid the mistakes that cost people money.
Stop focusing on Bitcoin. 2025 was crypto's golden year
Stop focusing on Bitcoin. 2025 was crypto’s golden year We, as crypto enthusiasts, can look back on2025 with some fondness.
Are we in a bitcoin super cycle?
Are we in a bitcoin super cycle? Never mind that bitcoin (BTC) is down 26%from its $126,198 peak reached on 6 October 2025.
How the press has viewed crypto through the years
Reporting on cryptocurrency has undergone a profound transformation since Bitcoin's inception in 2009.
And the winner is... Gold, of course. 2025 will be remembered as the year gold thrashed bitcoin.
And the winner is… Gold, of course. 2025 will be remembered as the year gold thrashed bitcoin.
Bitcoin is not the fast route to wealth
Bitcoin is not the fast route to wealth The days of scorching bitcoin gains – and by that we mean 200-300% a year – may be behind us.
One stablecoin to rule the world
One stablecoin to rule the world Andreessen Horowitz’s State of Crypto report tells us much we already know, and much we don’t.
Just how big is the crypto market in SA?
About R500 billion worth in transactions. That’s according to an analysis by Silver Sixpence, which has developed a blockchain diagnostic tools called LedgerCore.
When we stop measuring bitcoin in fiat
When we stop measuring bitcoin in fiat If we go with the thesis that fiat currencies will one day all fail, how will we measure wealth accumulated in Bitcoin?
AI’s predicts current bitcoin cycle top between $100k and $288k
AI predicts current bitcoin cycle top between $100k and $288k A few months ago we challenged various AI services to give us a bitcoin price prediction.
Are we in the Fourth Turning?
The Fourth Turning by William Strauss and Neil Howe, published in 1997, examines the arc of history and concludes that the world follows a pattern of roughly 80-100 year cycles,…
Fear and greed
The Bitcoin Fear & Greed index registered its largest drop in years when it sank last week from 74 to 50 – and then promptly reversed to 69 in a day.
Bitcoin is starting to compete with gold as a store of value
With a market cap just shy of $2 trillion, bitcoin is about 10% the size of gold ($18 trillion). Two years ago bitcoin was less than half that.