
Paxful sees more young women In Africa turn to Bitcoin amidst pandemic
By Press Release 8 September 2020Paxful believes women are playing a key role in crypto adoption and success in Africa. FULL STORY >
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Paxful shares 5 things they have learnt from building a global bitcoin marketplace
By Press Release 24 August 2020Celebrating their fifth year in operation, next-generation peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin marketplace, Paxful, are reflecting on key milestones since inception in 2015. FULL STORY >

Electronic payments and Innovation: A deeper look with Cathie Wood
By Ryan Noik 20 June 2019What is the mobile payment potential like in South Africa, and where should we look for innovation in that space? The CEO of the US-based Ark Invest, Catherine Wood offered her insight at the recent SingularityU Exponential... FULL STORY >

SingularityU Exponential Finance Summit Interview with Cathie Wood: Why Bitcoin is set to be the cryptocurrency winner
By Ryan Noik 18 June 2019One of the illuminating interviews to come out of the Singularity Summit, recently held in Cape Town, was with Catherine Wood, the CEO of Ark Invest. FULL STORY >

Twitter reportedly planning to ban cryptocurrency ads
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 19 March 2018Following in the steps of Facebook and Google, Twitter is said to be mulling over a ban on cryptocurrency ads. FULL STORY >

FIFA 2018 and Bitcoin among 2017’s main spam and phishing topics
By Press Release 20 February 2018According to Kaspersky Lab’s Spam and phishing in 2017 report, cybercriminals have been following a global agenda and have been using hot topics such as FIFA 2018 and Bitcoin to fool users and steal their money or personal... FULL STORY >

Are investment banks ready for blockchain-enabled distributed ledgers?
By Opinion 12 February 2018Prashant Prakash, Blockchain lead for Financial Services practice at Accenture in South Africa talks about the impact of blockchain on the banking industry and how organisations have expressed interest and are exploring... FULL STORY >

Cape Town hosts first ever Blockchain Symposium
By Ryan Noik 5 February 2018Cape Town recently hosted the continent’s largest blockchain hackathon, as well as the city’s first ever Blockchain Symposium. FULL STORY >

Opera introduces bitcoin mining protection in its mobile browsers
By Press Release 22 January 2018Cryptocurrency mining drains your smartphone’s battery and dramatically overworks its CPU - Opera's new solution aims to put that to an end. FULL STORY >

Top 5 Tech News of 2017
By Staff Writer 15 December 2017With the regular news cycle throwing out a constant barrage of State Capture and Trump stories, you could be forgiven for missing some of the more prominent tech news out there. Here are our picks for the 5 biggest ICT related stories during 2017. FULL STORY >

Bitcoin's latest valuation shoots past $15 000
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 8 December 2017The cryptocurrency continues to surge in value, most recently crossing the $15 000 threshold. FULL STORY >

You can't use bitcoin to buy games on Steam anymore
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 7 December 2017The cryptocurrency will no longer be accepted by Steam, with the site stating it's too unstable and costly. FULL STORY >

Bitcoin passes the $8 000 mark for the first time
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 21 November 2017Another milestone for the cryptocurrency, surpassing the $8 000 valuation mark earlier this week, and sitting steadily above it. FULL STORY >

Bursting the Bitcoin bubble: Spammers cash in on Blockchain euphoria
By Press Release 8 November 2017Multiple blockchain-themed fraud schemes exploiting the hype around the technology have been spotted in the wild recently, according to Kaspersky Lab’s Spam and Phishing in Q3 2017 report. FULL STORY >

Securing the blockchain
By Press Release 25 May 2017Currently, digital cryptocurrencies are on the up and up, with at least 100 active, suitably valuated cryptocurrencies being used as acceptable tender. FULL STORY >
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