South Africa’s Sinan Energy launches carbon tokenization blockchain platform
Sinan Energy is targeting 100MW of distributed generation in South Africa, with the funding for the project coming from the sale of tokenized carbon credits.
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South Africa completes second phase of wholesale CBDC trials
Project Khokha 2 involved the country’s top banks, which experimented on a wCBDC for interbank payments settlement, but SARB says results are still inconclusive.
Testing Centbee’s new features: Wallet’s functionalities offer convenient options to buy BSV
South African based Bitcoin SV wallet Centbee has released several new features over the past few months that have not gotten much attention in the community.
FTX, ByBit serving South Africans illegally, regulator warns
The FSCA said it has tried to contact FTX on the issue to no avail, but CEO Sam Bankman-Fried refuted the claims and said he wants to work with the regulator.
CoinGeek Weekly Livestream with Lorien Gamaroff: Making Bitcoin accessible worldwide with Centbee and BSV
Lorien Gamaroff joined the latest episode of the CoinGeek Weekly Livestream and talked about Centbee's new "Honey Rewards" feature and his passion to make Bitcoin accessible for everyone.
Africrypt founders under probe over $3.6B scam in South Africa
Authorities have launched a probe into the two Cajee brothers, the founders of Africrypt who allegedly vanished with billions after a Dubai firm started paying some of the victims.
2021 year in review: Bitcoin comes of age in Africa
2021 had it all in Africa for digital currencies—adoption soared by 1,200% as Kenya led global P2P trades, but there was the bad as well, like a $3.8B scam.
South Africa to introduce digital currency regulations in early 2022
The country’s top financial regulator believes that while they don’t pose systemic risk, digital currencies are still a risky sector for retail investors.
South Africa proposes ban on digital currencies for pensions
The new proposed regulation seeks to ban pension funds from buying and holding digital assets, which are defined in the draft legislation as "crypto-assets."
BTC wallets of liquidated South Africa exchange iCE3 have $3.3M discrepancy: report
iCE3 went into liquidation in April, but according to a new report, there’s a discrepancy of 54 BTC, worth $3.3 million, as well as other digital currencies.
Binance wants to set up HQs in Ireland, halts derivatives trading in South Africa
Binance is looking to open headquarters in Ireland after registering three firms there, but in South Africa, it’s been forced to drop derivative products.
Centbee now allows users to shop at major retail outlets
Centbee has unveiled a new ‘shop’ feature that supports payments at major outlets, from Walmart to Amazon, further giving users more BSV payment options.