Revoking former foreign affairs minister Naledi Pandor's US visa suggests a shift towards personal, targeted pressure, and that's usually how it starts – but the smart move is to prepare, not panic; SA could explore alternative payment networks to reduce dependence on US-dominated financial infrastructure, says Faadil Moti, CEO of 80eight.

Spendl Money founder and CEO Greg van der Spuy explains how the SA-born fintech is addressing the crypto spending hurdle by offering a MasterCard debit card and a unified financial platform for easy conversion of digital assets to fiat.

Anton Titov, founder of a RemiDe, a SWIFT-type system for the crypto age, explains why Africans pay so much more than Europeans to send money – and how a solution is at hand.

Shiven Moodley, macro strategist at Novaque, argues that this is an aggressive drawdown in the crypto market, not a bear market.

The new VALR10 bundle is designed for investors seeking crypto exposure but unsure which specific assets to purchase.

There are people in SA who get paid and spend only in bitcoin. What is that like? Carel van Wyk, founder of MoneyBadger weighs in on how to unbank yourself.

Webber Wentzel’s Joon Chong on the court ruling that’s left crypto assets in legal limbo.

Pat Hourigan of Frictionless Markets says all companies should have a bitcoin reserve strategy if they want to preserve long-term wealth.

We now know that about R100bn in crypto flows in and out of SA every year, but there’s a consistent net outflow each year in violation of exchange controls, says Carel de Jager, CEO of SilverSixpence.

Macro strategist Shiven Moodley analyses the carnage in crypto markets over the last week, runs the numbers and finds some disturbing signs of insider trading. There are also a few pleasant surprises in an otherwise dreary altcoin market.

Goldman Sachs says the stablecoin boom is just beginning — and it could grow into a trillion-dollar market.

Connie Bloem of Mesh Trade explains why US dollar and even ZAR stablecoins like the recently launched yZAR are exploding around the world.

You can be sure the JSE and financial institutions are taking notice.

Hannes Wessels, general manager for Binance SA, explains how to make your crypto work harder for you, earning returns 11% and more in US dollar terms.

Altvest changes its name to Africa Bitcoin Corp and plans to raise R3.68bn ($210m) to invest in Bitcoin. The two men behind the project, Altvest CEO Warren Wheatley and tech entrepreneur Stafford Masie, explain this radical new approach to building what they see as bullet-proof balance sheets.

The SA Reserve Bank says the threat of being excommunicated from SWIFT is likely to focus certain individuals rather than the country as a whole, but we should not take this lying down, says 80eight CEO Faadil Moti, as the experience with Russia and Iran shows that events can escalate quickly.

Warren Deats, chief investment officer at Geddes Capital, explains that banks are likely far closer to entering the crypto space than many realise. Deats, himself a former banker and a crypto sceptic, says he understands the banks’ hesitancy when it comes to crypto, but argues they cannot delay their entry to the crypto space much longer.

If they’ve seen a video of Elon Musk or Cyril Ramaphosa or any other celebrity telling them how to turn R4 500 into R20 000 in a month, it’s a scam says Gerhard van Deventer, head of enforcement at the Financial Sector Conduct Authority.

Both VALR and Luno have launched tokenised stocks in SA, allowing South Africans to purchase exposure to US equities like Tesla and Nvidia without having to use their foreign allowance. It’s part of an accelerating trend where cryptocurrencies are gatecrashing the traditional finance space, explains VALR chief operating officer Gianluca Sacci.

Best-selling author and bitcoin miner Giannis Andreou says it’s not just bitcoin that’s getting attention from serious investors. Ethereum, written off by some as dead just a year ago, is back with a bang, as are some of the minnows of the crypto world.