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Farzam Ehsani announces VALR's $50m raise!

March 01, 2022 06:14 - 56 seconds - 888 KB

A short voice note from the CEO of VALR, exclusively speaking to SA/Global Crypto regarding their significant $50 million Series B funding round, the largest ever funding round in African crypto.

Richard de Sousa Talks About Ferris Cars Selling a Ferrari for Bitcoin

April 19, 2021 12:42 - 4 minutes - 4.14 MB

Ferris Cars in Gauteng, South Africa recently held a high profile event whereby a client purchased a Ferrari for 2.3 BTC. AltcoinTrader were instrumental in helping Ferris Cars accept Bitcoin as payment, and we spoke with the exchange's CEO Richard de Sousa about the landmark sale, and what it means for crypto adoption.

AltCoinTrader To Slash Fees And List DOT, PLUS Offer Crypto Loans

March 25, 2021 15:38 - 9 minutes - 8.79 MB

In huge news for South Africa's crypto industry, AltCoinTrader have announced that they will slash their trading fees by over a third from 0.375% down to 0.1% - but in addition, will also be listing PolkaDot's native coin, DOT. We spoke with their CEO Richard de Sousa about the big news to get the full low down of everything that's happening. Don't forget to visit our YouTube channel for more great podcasts and interviews: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkKgXHf4nRzBCkA8jfUDMMg

RSA Exchanges Comment On FSCA Making Crypto A Financial Product

November 20, 2020 11:48 - 4 minutes - 4.21 MB

South Africa's Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) released a statement today that they intend to declare cryptoassets "financial products" in early 2021. The declaration would come under South Africa's Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act (FAIS). The FSCA did not state exactly when the declaration would come into effect, but the authority have invited interested members of the public to submit their comments to the office before 28 January 2021, indicating a likely declar...

Analysis #52: Bitcoin and ETH Now Looking Super Bullish! But Short-Term Pull Back?

October 28, 2020 09:50 - 14 minutes - 11.1 MB

Sponsored by *My BINANCE Class* ! Earn up to R8500 just for doing your own crypto webinar! Apply here: https://globalcrypto.tv/become-a-binance-tutor-and-earn/ // IN THIS EDITION we look at the recent massive break to the upside, and what the short-term holds, while also eyeing some serious potential on the ETH chart - not before a cool off likely happens first though! // IF YOU AREN'T IN OUR TELEGRAM GROUP, JOIN HERE: // https://t.me/joinchat/F3_PzUs8YytfRoxQbjKEXg // - - - - - - - ...

Richard de Sousa Takes On ABSA In David and Goliath Battle

September 10, 2020 05:30 - 2 minutes - 3.6 MB

As reported here: https://globalcrypto.tv/south-africas-altcointrader-opposes-absa-in-court-interdict/ Global Crypto has learned of a developing David and Goliath scenario in the South African crypto industry, wherein crypto exchange AltCoinTrader appear to be taking on banking giant ABSA Bank in the country’s High Court. According to sources, AltCoinTrader were served with a notice from MyGate Communications (Pty) Ltd received by the exchange last week Tuesday 01 September 2020. The notic...

Farzam Ehsani, VALR CEO, talks about the investment from 100x (BitMEX Holding group)

July 21, 2020 04:25 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MB

In case you haven't heard, VALR have just announced a Series A funding round whereby they raised $3.4 million. And part of that Series A was made up of the 100x Group, who are the holding company of BitMEX - yes... THE BitMEX. We had to get in touch with VALR's CEO Farzam Ehsani to find out more!

📊 Mkt Analysis E43: Raoul Pal on the Show & Graeme Looks Bullish

May 08, 2020 06:38 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MB

We have a BIG announcement to make! We have a huge show we're launching on Monday 11 May: The Global Crypto Podcast with Luno. In today's show, we feature one of our guests from that Podcast, Macro Economist Raoul Pal who answers what will happen when institutional investors start coming into crypto. Graeme also looks at the Bitcoin trend in the year to date, and sees some very bullish signs. Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/td1Z0rXbJmM

Interview with Sean Sanders, Co-founder and CEO of Revix

May 06, 2020 05:41 - 40 minutes - 31.6 MB

The "African Blockchain Profiles" is a series whereby we feature a different Blockchain entrepreneur or influencer from the African continent each week. In this episode we interview the CEO and Co-founder of Revix, Sean Seanders. Sean is an accomplished Financial Analyst with an impressive resumé. Sanders had a successful modelling career before turning all his attention toward economics. He founded Revix with University friend Louis Buys in order to offer an easy vehicle for investing in cr...

📊 Mkt Analysis E42: US Dollar Strength!? Charlie Shrem Talks Institutional

April 16, 2020 19:14 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MB

Sponsored by *ALTCOINTRADER*, one of South Africa's leading crypto exchanges, offering 23 digital assets INCLUDING digital versions of real-world Gold and Silver. Sign up and get their incredible, personalised customer service: http://bit.ly/actonsacheader IN THIS EDITION! Graeme looks at how the US Dollar is strengthening significantly against emerging markets, leading us into chatting about various Forex trading practices. We see there isn't much movement on Bitcoin and the Alts, but that...

Chat With VALR CEO Farzam Ehsani After "Blitz-Processing" Announced

April 09, 2020 12:25 - 10 minutes - 9.37 MB

This morning VALR announced an automated withdrawal system! They're calling "Blitz Processing", and we chatted to their CEO Farzam Ehsani about how it all works. SA Crypto is South Africa's largest blockchain community & news outlet. Follow us on our media platforms to stay up to date with what is happening with crypto in Southern Africa. Subscribe to Africa's leading blockchain industry newsletter right here: https://mailchi.mp/5e039cf5af22/sacrypto Join our Telegram Traders Group here: ...

📊 Mkt Analysis E41: BTC & ETH Make Moves! Cool Off Period?

April 07, 2020 15:07 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MB

In this edition, Graeme takes us through his successful bullish trades he saw on the weekend, explains where they went and why, and then takes a look at what could be expected next. The charts we look at are BTC/USD, ETH/USD and the Altcoin market cap excluding Bitcoin. Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/7hjxCwIzU4U - - - - - - - - - - - SA Crypto is South Africa's largest blockchain community & news outlet. Follow us on our media platforms to stay up to date with what is happ...

Binance SA Manager Tanya Knowles Talks With Us About Their ZAR Onramp

April 03, 2020 15:10 - 9 minutes - 8.3 MB

Although Tanya was with us three weeks back after Blockchain Africa, we wanted to get some further insights into Binance SA's operation after the launch of their BTC/ZAR markets this week. Take a listen! - - - - - - - - - - - SA Crypto is South Africa's largest blockchain community & news outlet. Follow us on our media platforms to stay up to date with what is happening with crypto in Southern Africa. Subscribe to Africa's leading blockchain industry newsletter right here: https://mailch...

📊 Mkt Analysis E40 'Lockdown Edition': Traditional Markets Dead-Cat Bounce? Bitcoin Looking Bearish

March 27, 2020 14:30 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MB

Sponsored by *HUOBI*, one of the world's leading crypto exchanges, offering thousands of digital assets, leverage trading, and incredible liquidity . Sign up and get great fees and great service: https://www.huobi.io/en-us/register/?invite_code=dsu35 IN THIS "LOCKDOWN EDITION", James and Graeme video call each other and discuss the crazy rebound in traditional markets, they discuss the strength of the US Dollar in these times, and then of course look at the Bitcoin price in light of the cur...

📊 Mkt Analysis E39: S&P 500 Heading to Depression? Bitcoin To Decouple?

March 20, 2020 14:49 - 10 minutes - 9.91 MB

Sponsored by *HUOBI*, one of the world's leading crypto exchanges, offering thousands of digital assets, leverage trading, and incredible liquidity . Sign up and get great fees and great service: https://www.huobi.io/en-us/register/?invite_code=dsu35 IN THIS EDITION! We're in unprecedented times! And we start with having a good look at the S&P500 in the USA, and get an idea of what is happening in traditional financial markets. It doesn't look good at all. We then look deeply into Bitcoin...

Mpho Dagada, Commissioner on 4IR at the RSA Presidency 🇿🇦

March 12, 2020 14:20 - 6 minutes - 5.52 MB

We sat down with Mpho Dagada at Blockchain Africa 2020 and discussed how he first came into Bitcoin, and how he thinks blockchain can be best utilised for economic development in South Africa. You can follow Mpho on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/mphodagada You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/IM7CYFXaB6c - - - - - - - - - - - SA Crypto is South Africa's largest blockchain community & news outlet. Follow us on our media platforms to stay up to date with what is happening w...

Tanya Knowles, New Country Manager Of Binance South Africa

March 12, 2020 11:01 - 7 minutes - 6.64 MB

Binance made the big announcement at Blockchain Africa 2020 that they would be officially launching "Binance South Africa", with direct ZAR deposits and the trading of 5 ZAR pairs. We sat down with their newly announced Country Manager Tanya Knowles to get an idea of these plans, the timeline, and find out more about the planned $1 million social investment into the country as well. Watch the video version of this interview here: https://youtu.be/j90FAPz77Ak - - - - - - - - - - - SA Cr...

Tone Vays Interview at Blockchain Africa 2020

March 11, 2020 08:27 - 10 minutes - 8.3 MB

We caught up with Tone Vays at Blockchain Africa 2020, and chatted to him about his visit to South Africa, his feeling on Cape Town versus Johannesburg, and what he thinks about crypto adoption in South Africa. The interview was recorded before the start of the event, where Tone was going to be on stage speaking about Bitcoin’s value proposition. Find out more about Tone and his work on Twitter, his website, and his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbiWJYRg8luWHnmNkJRZEnw ...

📊 Mkt Analysis E38: Short-term: Bullish | Mid-term: Bearish | Longterm: Super Bullish!

March 05, 2020 15:46 - 8 minutes - 7.52 MB

Sponsored by *BLOCKCHAIN AFRICA CONFERENCE*, Africa's leading Blockchain conference! Win a ticket with R3000 by tweeting out this video and tagging "@SACrypto_" on Twitter. The top 3 tweets with the most RTs will get a ticket to the conference in Joburg next week! To qualify to win though, you need to subscribe to our YouTube channel, and like & comment on this video. And for those in Cape Town, join us with Tone Vays on Fri 6 March at 6pm: http://bit.ly/ToneVaysinCTN - - - - - - -...

📊 Mkt Analysis E37: Bitcoin Looking Promising!

February 25, 2020 15:04 - 9 minutes - 8.86 MB

Sponsored by *BYBIT*, one of the world's leading crypto derivatives exchanges, that won't randomly drop wicks to liquidate you: http://bit.ly/SACryptoByBitRef IN THIS EDITION! - We see first hand how Graeme reacts when he misses a trade. - We see some bullish signs on the Bitcoin chart - We chat to SA Crypto trader from Iraq, Cornel! Watch the video version of this interview here: https://youtu.be/t1LQIfs0Yn4 - - - - - - - - - - - SA Crypto is South Africa's largest blockchain co...

📊 Mkt Analysis E36: Pull Backs and Consolidation Inside Bigger Bullish Triangle

February 21, 2020 12:02 - 8 minutes - 7.68 MB

Sponsored by *HUOBI*, the 7 year old exchange with the 4th highest liquidity in the world and hundreds of altcoins. Trade with leverage here: https://www.huobi.io/en-us/register/?invite_code=dsu35 IN THIS EDITION! Graeme is starting to see a VERY bullish symmetrical triangle on the macro - but in the micro, things look uncertain. So he's sitting out for the time-being, with some potential buyback opportunities on the horizon. Watch the video version of this interview here: https://yout...

Newsletter 48: Barcelona FC Go Crypto ⚽️ VALR & iCE3X With New Listings 🚀 Pomp's Twitter Account Suspended 🚓

February 14, 2020 14:16 - 5 minutes - 5.39 MB

All the news you need to know in Blockchain this week! Sponsored by AltcoinTrader, one of South Africa's leading cryptocurrency exchanges. - - - - - - - - - - - SA Crypto is South Africa's largest blockchain community & news outlet. Follow us on our media platforms to stay up to date with what is happening with crypto in Southern Africa. Subscribe to Africa's leading blockchain industry newsletter right here: https://mailchi.mp/5e039cf5af22/sacrypto Join our Telegram Traders Group here: ...

📊 Mkt Analysis E34: Alts Edition!

February 04, 2020 15:23 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MB

Sponsored by *ALTCOINTRADER*, one of South Africa's leading crypto exchanges, offering 23 digital assets INCLUDING digital versions of real-world Gold and Silver. Sign up and get their incredible, personalised customer service: http://bit.ly/actonsacheader IN THIS EDITION! Graeme takes us through a number of charts, including the Top 10 cryptos by Market Cap, along with the Bitcoin and Bitcoin dominance chart, and with the data shows that the altcoin party could very well be getting start...

Newsletter 47: Tether Launches Gold-Backed Token 💰 VALR List New Coins 🧮 $10,000 In Sight? 🚀

January 31, 2020 14:03 - 7 minutes - 7.18 MB

All the news you need to know in Blockchain this week! Sponsored by XAGO, hosting a meetup in Umhlanga, KZN on Wednesday 5 Feb at 6pm. Register for it here: http://bit.ly/durbanxago20 - - - - - - - - - - - SA Crypto is South Africa's largest blockchain community & news outlet. Follow us on our media platforms to stay up to date with what is happening with crypto in Southern Africa. Subscribe to Africa's leading blockchain industry newsletter right here: https://mailchi.mp/5e039cf5af22/sa...

Statement from VALR CEO Farzam Ehsani

January 31, 2020 12:38 - 1 minute - 1.45 MB

VALR announced that they will be listing 9 news coins on their platform, including EOS and DAI. Listen to their CEO Farzam Ehsani speak with James Preston about the listing. - - - - - - - - - - - SA Crypto is South Africa's largest blockchain community & news outlet. Follow us on our media platforms to stay up to date with what is happening with crypto in Southern Africa. Subscribe to Africa's leading blockchain industry newsletter right here: https://mailchi.mp/5e039cf5af22/sacrypto Joi...

📊 Mkt Analysis E33: $10,000 Coming Up! Alts With Potential!

January 29, 2020 13:04 - 8 minutes - 7.52 MB

Sponsored by *XAGO*, South Africa's first dedicated XRP exchange! Join their CEO at Lucky Shaker in Umhlanga for a FREE meetup including drinks & snacks on Wed 5 Feb, 6pm: http://bit.ly/durbanxago20 Sign up for Xago here: http://bit.ly/xagosac IN THIS EDITION! Graeme believes $10,000 is well in sight with this current strong leg up, with the round 5 figure number providing solid resistance when we likely get there. He also shows us why things can start to look a lot more positive for the...

Altcoin Trader, Luno & VALR Comment On News About Nedbank Closing Crypto Accounts

January 24, 2020 13:52 - 5 minutes - 5.01 MB

An article was released on Friday 24 January stating that Nedbank are considering closing bank accounts related to cryptocurrencies. These are direct statements from Richard de Sousa, the CEO of AltCoinTrader; Marius Reitz GM for Africa at Luno, and Farzam Ehsani, CEO at VALR. - - - - - - - - - - - SA Crypto is South Africa's largest blockchain community & news outlet. Follow us on our media platforms to stay up to date with what is happening with crypto in Southern Africa. Subscribe to A...

📊 Mkt Analysis E32: Where Will Bitcoin Pull Back? Are Alts Getting Started?

January 22, 2020 14:24 - 7 minutes - 7.27 MB

Sponsored by *HUOBI*, trade with leverage on one of the world's Top Ten exchanges, and receive $5 if you sign up with the SA Crypto reference link: http://bit.ly/huobiSAcrypto - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - WHERE WILL THE PULLBACK STOP? Since last week's edition, we've seen an expected pull back on the Bitcoin price. Where will this pull back stop before the bull trend continues? We also look at the altcoin market, which has broken out of a falling wedge pattern. - - - - - -...

📊 Mkt Analysis E31: The Bull Market Is Back! Here's Why

January 16, 2020 15:28 - 8 minutes - 8.22 MB

Sponsored by *HUOBI*, trade with leverage on one of the world's Top Ten exchanges, and receive $5 if you sign up with the SA Crypto reference link: http://bit.ly/38QrPn5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In our first Market Analysis of 2020, we're excited to say that it looks like the Bull Market is back! In the charts today, we take you through why we believe this is so, and how you should be prepping going forward. Watch to the video version of this interview here: https://...

Rugby Legend Bryan Habana On Coding, Tech, Entrepreneurship, and Crypto

January 14, 2020 13:02 - 10 minutes - 18.5 MB

In the next video of our Africa Tech video series, we interviewed Keynote Speaker Bryan Habana, who took to the stage to share his entrepreneurship journey since retiring from professional rugby. Bryan studied Computer Science before becoming a professional rugby player, so his understanding of the tech industry is far more in-depth than people realise. In this interview, Bryan chats with SA Crypto's Managing Editor James Preston about how similar entrepreneurship is to a professional spo...

Ray Youssef, Founder & CEO of Paxful, On Entrepreneurship & Why Bitcoin Works

January 03, 2020 07:14 - 13 minutes - 24.4 MB

Born in Egypt, Ray Youssef's family moved out to New York when he was only a toddler. Watching his father closely, he learnt the "art of the hustle", and stepped into the world of entrepreneurship himself. He partnered with developers on early smartphone internet access and founded a ringtones marketplace all in the late nineties and early 2000's. After a number of startup successes, exits and failures, he founded Paxful in 2015 with a software dev friend of his, seeing the huge potentia...

📊 Mkt Analysis E30: Bitcoin Crash, Will $6000 Support Hold? (Market Analysis)

December 18, 2019 17:43 - 13 minutes - 12 MB

Sponsored by *HUOBI*, trade with leverage on one of the world's Top Ten exchanges, and receive $5 if you sign up with the SA Crypto reference link: http://bit.ly/38QrPn5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - This week we look at the recent fall through $7000, and explore if the $6000 level will hold? We also look at the strength of the altcoin markets as well. You can watch to the video version here: https://youtu.be/IADbrZaT3l0 Remember, you can join our Telegram Traders Group ...

Newsletter 44: BitClub Founders Arrested 🚔 VALR Hit Key Milestone 🎖 Twitter CEO Building Social On Blockchain? 📲

December 13, 2019 14:19 - 6 minutes - 5.84 MB

It's this week's Digest! The SA Crypto podcast brings you news from Crypto industry experts in South Africa and around the world, as well as weekly market round-ups. Be sure to subscribe, check out website, and follow us on Twitter! www.twitter.com/sacrypto_

📊 Mkt Analysis E29: Inverse Head & Shoulders on Bitcoin (Market Analysis)

November 29, 2019 13:16 - 6 minutes - 5.67 MB

Sponsored by *XAGO*, come and join SA's first exclusive XRP exchange and gateway at their meetup on Thurs 5 December, at The Real Life Rooms in Sunninghill, Joburg. 6 for 6:30pm. Entrance is free, drinks & snacks included. Find out more & register free here: http://bit.ly/2NWvZRL - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In today's analysis, we see a clear Inverse Head and Shoulders forming on the Bitcoin chart, and look at how it could play out from here. Watch the YouTube version here...