Moneyweb Crypto Podcast
1) Africa’s next payments leap: Stablecoins on every corner
Stablecoin adoption is moving from niche corridors to street vendors, says Enza Capital's Nzwisisa Chidembo.
2) Bitcoin ventures into extreme fear territory – and that’s not a bad thing
Luno’s Christo de Wit says sentiment has plunged, but long-term buyers are circling.
3) Absa’s bold leap into stablecoins
Rob Downes, Absa’s head of digital assets at Corporate and Investment Bank, explains the reasoning behind its recent collaboration with crypto infrastructure giant Ripple, and why it is piloting its o...Show More
4) Is this a crypto winter – and if so, when will it be over?
Blake Player, chief commercial officer at VALR, has seen plenty of crypto bear markets, but is this one over yet? And will gold profits now be recycled back into bitcoin?
5) While bitcoin disappointed in 2025, crypto turned the financial world on its head.
While everyone’s been focused on bitcoin’s disappointing price in 2025, a few other things slipped under the radar. Companies now account for 5% of bitcoin holdings and stablecoin volumes exceed Visa ...Show More
6) AI trading tools can hallucinate and outright lie
In this podcast, Abhishek Saxena, head of strategy and growth at AI research and development firm Sentient, explains what happens to traders relying uncritically on AI trading tools. They can easily g...Show More
7) Bring on blockchain: Only 3% of Africans qualify for mortgage financing
The rest obviously still spend money on housing – and a novel rent-to-own model that even street hawkers can afford may be just what the continent needs. Empowa CEO Glen Jordan tells us more.
8) Why hasn’t bitcoin followed gold to the heavens?
Gold is heavily overbought, says Carel de Jager of crypto analytics firm Silver Sixpence, while bitcoin faced heavy selling pressure in the latter part of last year – but those pressures appear to be ...Show More
9) What happens if the US imposes sanctions on South African officials?
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; S...Show More
10) You’ve accumulated some crypto, but how do you spend it?
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 c...Show More