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Plain-spoken guides to crypto, forex, payments and property — written by people who build the products, reviewed by the people accountable for them.

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Should I invest in Bitcoin or Altcoins?

Those who were around at the birth of the internet may remember the competition for internet dominance: Gopher or the World Wide Web (www).

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XRP breaks through $3, bitcoin hits R2m

What a week it was. Bitcoin smashed R2 million (where it is currently hovering) and XRP broke through R57 ($3).

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Bitcoin hits R2 million – next target R3 million

Source: Google Bitcoin (BTC) hit R2 million over the weekend. The next target is R3 million. For context, BTC broke R1 million in November 2021 and then dropped 70%.

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The long view favours stocks (that is, until bitcoin arrived)

At this time of year everyone is focused on last year’s asset returns. Let’s take a step back – a really big step back – and see what the long-term picture looks like.

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Why Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade matters

Ethereum’s new Pectra upgrade was supposed to drop this month—March 2025—but, surprise, it’s late again. No shock there; it’s practically tradition.

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What saving in bitcoin looks like

Here’s a handy chart of what saving in bitcoin looks like. In this case, the median US family put away 10% of every salary cheque since 2018 and ended up in 2025 with $239,571…

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What’s up with Ethereum?

Ethereum (ETH) has been on a long losing streak against bitcoin (BTC) since 2022. That appears to be changing. Look at the chart below. It shows BTC versus ETH over five years.

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Why the world is learning to love stablecoins.

A recent report out by Castle Island Ventures and Brevan Howard Digital (sponsored by Visa) shows why the world has fallen in love with stablecoins.

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Cryptocurrencies are not subject to exchange controls

Cryptocurrencies are not subject to South African exchange control regulations, according to a recent Pretoria High Court case brought by Standard Bank against the SA Reserve Bank…

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If you could choose a currency for your savings, what would it be?

Actually, the market has already answered that question. Undoubtedly, the US dollar leads the currency race, followed by the euro.

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Is KYC really that safe?

KYC – Know Your Customer – is the customer verification process that lets your bank or crypto exchange know who you are.

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Is gold correlated to bitcoin?

You can see from the weekly chart below that there is a degree of correlation between gold and bitcoin, but the timing of major movements in both assets is what’s interesting.

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