
South Africa
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1 October, 2024
EA Capital receives VASP license in South Africa
EA Capital joins other players such as Luno and VALR, which have obtained a ‘Crypto Asset Service Provider’ as South...
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23 August, 2024
‘Crypto is a terrible cancer’: CentBee founder Lorien Gamaroff on CoinGeek Weekly Livestream
CentBee Founder Lorien Gamaroff joins CoinGeek Weekly Livestream to talk about Bitcoin as electronic cash, the state of things in...
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17 July, 2024
South Africa issues 63 new VASP licenses, launches probe into 30 unlicensed firms
The FSCA has licensed 138 VASPs from 383 applications, while the FATF warns that 97% of Africa struggles with digital...
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28 April, 2024
South Africa’s digital payments roadmap includes CBDC, stablecoins
South Africa is marching toward Vision 2025 payments digitalization, with the central bank identifying stablecoins and a retail CBDC as...
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20 April, 2024
South Africa issues digital currency licenses to Luno, VALR
The Financial Sector Conduct Authority announced in 2023 that all VASPs had to obtain a license or shut down by...
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15 March, 2024
South Africa approves 59 VASP licenses
South Africa’s FSCA has received 355 applications but has only approved 262, a higher number than was previously revealed, according...