Podcast | Stellenbosch-based start-up 6DOT50 is hoping to help consumers spend bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in retail stores and online in South Africa, making it easier to use crypto money for purchases.
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Ether held near two-month highs on Thursday ahead of a major adjustment to its underlying Ethereum blockchain that would alter the way transactions are processed.
US investigators have joined an investigation into Mirror Trading International, seen as 2020’s biggest cryptocurrency scam, to help liquidators of the South African scheme recover the assets of out-of-pocket investors.
The high court has granted the liquidators of Africrypt additional powers to track down missing funds, and to sell assets and property belonging to the company.
Ethereum is about to undergo a technical adjustment that will significantly alter the way transactions are processed, as well as reduce the supply of the ether token and sharply boost its price.
Hamilton Cheong, a South African-born forensic sleuth, has spent the last few weeks assisting law enforcement agencies around the world unpack what happened to the Africrypt billions.
A continuing recovery in bitcoin has put the largest cryptocurrency on course for its longest winning streak this year.
Mastercard is looking to make it easier for consumers to buy, spend and hold cryptocurrencies.
Raees Cajee has emerged from hiding in Tanzania to oppose the final liquidation of Africrypt, the bitcoin investment scheme that was allegedly hacked and emptied of R54-billion.
Amazon.com’s payments team is exploring letting customers use cryptocurrencies to pay for their orders — a development that’s roiling digital currency markets.