Bitcoin’s recent wobbles have given fresh urgency to a question that’s gripped market observers for much of the past year: will the cryptocurrency go down as one of history’s most infamous bubbles, alongside tulip mania
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Bank Zero appears set to accelerate the evolution of the South African banking industry by offering a fresh take on banking and highly competitive fees. The bank – the brainchild of tech entrepreneurs and banking innovators Michael
There’s a growing debate over how much power will be sucked up by the world’s growing ranks of cryptocurrency miners. Last week, Morgan Stanley analysts said miners of Bitcoin could use as much as 140 terawatt-hours of electricity
Former First National Bank CEO Michael Jordaan on Tuesday revealed in a tweet that he is backing a new digital-only bank, called Bank Zero, to be launched in South Africa later this year. In a post on Bank Zero’s newly launched
Ferrari will make a battery-powered supercar to challenge Tesla at the high end of the electric-auto market, CEO Sergio Marchionne said. The race-car maker, spun off from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, has been expanding its line-up
In this episode, Duncan McLeod talks to International Data Corp associate vice president Mark Walker and IDC research manager for IT services Jon Tullett about ICT opportunities in South Africa and the broader
Bitcoin slumped to the lowest level since December in Asia trading hours as cryptocurrencies continued a January selloff amid rising scrutiny from global regulators. Bitcoin fell 6.3% to US$13 040 at 10.32am in Hong Kong, the lowest
The appointment of MTN group executive Chris Maroleng as new chief operating officer of the SABC is not yet cut and dried, it appears. The minister of communications, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, said in a statement on
If Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is sincere in a recent post about gradually taking the media element out of “social media”, he’s striking a powerful blow for tech self-regulation, as well as preparing to pay a heavy price for
Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba has fired his MMC of finance, Rabelani Dagada. He will also pursue criminal charges against Dagada. In a statement on Monday morning, Mashaba said he has taken the decision in consultation