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Bitcoin vs Gold: The Great Re-Balancing Trading Competition

25/02/2025

Bitcoin vs Gold: The Great Re-Balancing Trading Competition

25/02/2025

25/02/2025

Featured

05/03/2025

What Is Ethena and How Does the Stablecoin USDe Work?

05/03/2025

05/03/2025

05/03/2025

How to Avoid Rug Pulls as a Crypto User

05/03/2025

05/03/2025

27/02/2025

Exclusive Interview | VALR CMO Ben Caselin: How to Become the Largest Exchange in South Africa?

27/02/2025

27/02/2025

12/02/2025

Lending Crypto For Yield & Margin Trading Explained

12/02/2025

12/02/2025

12/02/2025

Should South Africa Hold Bitcoin as a Strategic Reserve? | Ft. Michael Jordaan, CEO of Montegray & Former FNB CEO

12/02/2025

12/02/2025

10/02/2025

What Is Dollar-Cost Averaging and How to DCA Crypto

10/02/2025

10/02/2025

Announcements

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Crypto Exchange VALR Launches Lending Product Offering Hourly Yield on Crypto and ZAR Balances

28/01/2025

Crypto Exchange VALR Launches Lending Product Offering Hourly Yield on Crypto and ZAR Balances

28/01/2025

28/01/2025

VALR Surpasses 1 Million Users Amid Global Expansion

14/11/2024

VALR Surpasses 1 Million Users Amid Global Expansion

14/11/2024

14/11/2024

Buy and sell Dogecoin (DOGE) with South African rands

12/11/2024

Buy and sell Dogecoin (DOGE) with South African rands

12/11/2024

12/11/2024

VALR Strengthens Partnership with Circle to Drive Stablecoin Adoption in Africa

15/09/2024

VALR Strengthens Partnership with Circle to Drive Stablecoin Adoption in Africa

15/09/2024

15/09/2024

VALR Opens Euro Deposits Via Wire Transfer, Lists Circle’s EURO Coin (EURC)

14/08/2024

VALR Opens Euro Deposits Via Wire Transfer, Lists Circle’s EURO Coin (EURC)

14/08/2024

14/08/2024

Solana Summer on VALR - 300 SOL in Rewards

29/07/2024

Solana Summer on VALR - 300 SOL in Rewards

29/07/2024

29/07/2024

VALR Concludes European Tour with Strategic Engagements Across Key Financial Hubs

18/06/2024

VALR Concludes European Tour with Strategic Engagements Across Key Financial Hubs

18/06/2024

18/06/2024

VALR Targets Global Expansion

30/04/2024

VALR Targets Global Expansion

30/04/2024

30/04/2024

Insights

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Exclusive Interview | VALR CMO Ben Caselin: How to Become the Largest Exchange in South Africa?

27/02/2025

Exclusive Interview | VALR CMO Ben Caselin: How to Become the Largest Exchange in South Africa?

27/02/2025

27/02/2025

2024: Reflecting on a Transformative Year

23/12/2024

2024: Reflecting on a Transformative Year

23/12/2024

23/12/2024

We’re One Big Human Family, And We ‘Deserve’ A World Cryptocurrency: Insights from Farzam Ehsani

18/10/2024

We’re One Big Human Family, And We ‘Deserve’ A World Cryptocurrency: Insights from Farzam Ehsani

18/10/2024

18/10/2024

World Peace, Technology, and the Need for New Institutions: Insights from Ben Caselin

17/10/2024

World Peace, Technology, and the Need for New Institutions: Insights from Ben Caselin

17/10/2024

17/10/2024

Exploring a Global Currency and Financial Evolution: Insights from Farzam Ehsani on Bonnie Blockchain

11/10/2024

Exploring a Global Currency and Financial Evolution: Insights from Farzam Ehsani on Bonnie Blockchain

11/10/2024

11/10/2024

VALR’s CEO, Farzam Ehsani, On A Mission To Unite Crypto Leaders And Build A Better World

09/10/2024

VALR’s CEO, Farzam Ehsani, On A Mission To Unite Crypto Leaders And Build A Better World

09/10/2024

09/10/2024

Strategic Investment: VCs Are Missing Out on Africa’s Blockchain Boom, Insights from VALR’s CMO

23/09/2024

Strategic Investment: VCs Are Missing Out on Africa’s Blockchain Boom, Insights from VALR’s CMO

23/09/2024

23/09/2024

Inside VALR's Growth Strategy: VALR's CMO Shares Insights on Connecting Emerging Crypto Markets

16/09/2024

Inside VALR's Growth Strategy: VALR's CMO Shares Insights on Connecting Emerging Crypto Markets

16/09/2024

16/09/2024

Podcast

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Will Fiat Money Disappear in 10 Years? | Economist Dawie Roodt on Money, Inflation & Bitcoin

05/03/2025

Will Fiat Money Disappear in 10 Years? | Economist Dawie Roodt on Money, Inflation & Bitcoin

05/03/2025

05/03/2025

Bitcoin, Energy & Prosperity: South Africa’s Opportunity to Lead Bitcoin Adoption By Example

23/02/2025

Bitcoin, Energy & Prosperity: South Africa’s Opportunity to Lead Bitcoin Adoption By Example

23/02/2025

23/02/2025

Should South Africa Hold Bitcoin as a Strategic Reserve? | Ft. Michael Jordaan, CEO of Montegray & Former FNB CEO

12/02/2025

Should South Africa Hold Bitcoin as a Strategic Reserve? | Ft. Michael Jordaan, CEO of Montegray & Former FNB CEO

12/02/2025

12/02/2025

Is Bitcoin the Answer to U.S. Debt? Anthony Scaramucci Weighs in on Trump and Crypto

20/11/2024

Is Bitcoin the Answer to U.S. Debt? Anthony Scaramucci Weighs in on Trump and Crypto

20/11/2024

20/11/2024

Bitcoin ETFs: Game-Changer or Risky Bet? | Featuring Eric Balchunas, Senior ETF Analyst, Bloomberg

07/10/2024

Bitcoin ETFs: Game-Changer or Risky Bet? | Featuring Eric Balchunas, Senior ETF Analyst, Bloomberg

07/10/2024

07/10/2024

USDC as the Ultimate Digital Dollar? Featuring Jeremy Allaire, Circle's Co-Founder & CEO

10/09/2024

USDC as the Ultimate Digital Dollar? Featuring Jeremy Allaire, Circle's Co-Founder & CEO

10/09/2024

10/09/2024

Bitcoin’s Price and Why It Matters | ft. Saifedean Ammous, Economist & Author, The Bitcoin Standard

27/08/2024

Bitcoin’s Price and Why It Matters | ft. Saifedean Ammous, Economist & Author, The Bitcoin Standard

27/08/2024

27/08/2024

Jupiter’s Success: A Community-First Approach to Growth | Ft. Meow, Founder of Jupiter on Solana

25/08/2024

Jupiter’s Success: A Community-First Approach to Growth | Ft. Meow, Founder of Jupiter on Solana

25/08/2024

25/08/2024

Education

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What Is the Best Crypto App in South Africa?

05/03/2025

What Is the Best Crypto App in South Africa?

05/03/2025

05/03/2025

What Is Ethena and How Does the Stablecoin USDe Work?

05/03/2025

What Is Ethena and How Does the Stablecoin USDe Work?

05/03/2025

05/03/2025

How to Avoid Rug Pulls as a Crypto User

05/03/2025

How to Avoid Rug Pulls as a Crypto User

05/03/2025

05/03/2025

Lending Crypto For Yield & Margin Trading Explained

12/02/2025

Lending Crypto For Yield & Margin Trading Explained

12/02/2025

12/02/2025

Pudgy Penguins 101: Everything You Should Know About the NFT Project and PENGU Token

10/02/2025

Pudgy Penguins 101: Everything You Should Know About the NFT Project and PENGU Token

10/02/2025

10/02/2025

What Is Dollar-Cost Averaging and How to DCA Crypto

10/02/2025

What Is Dollar-Cost Averaging and How to DCA Crypto

10/02/2025

10/02/2025

How to Store Bitcoin (BTC) Safely

05/02/2025

How to Store Bitcoin (BTC) Safely

05/02/2025

05/02/2025

Analysing Bitcoin's Use Case as a Strategic Reserve Asset

05/02/2025

Analysing Bitcoin's Use Case as a Strategic Reserve Asset

05/02/2025

05/02/2025

Competitions

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Bitcoin vs Gold: The Great Re-Balancing Trading Competition

25/02/2025

Bitcoin vs Gold: The Great Re-Balancing Trading Competition

25/02/2025

25/02/2025

Refer & Earn: Invite South Africans Abroad to VALR

21/02/2025

Refer & Earn: Invite South Africans Abroad to VALR

21/02/2025

21/02/2025

First Buy, First Earn with VALR

12/02/2025

First Buy, First Earn with VALR

12/02/2025

12/02/2025

Celebrate Chinese New Year on VALR: Unlock the Snake's Fortune

27/01/2025

Celebrate Chinese New Year on VALR: Unlock the Snake's Fortune

27/01/2025

27/01/2025

SWEAT Spot Trading Competition

17/01/2025

SWEAT Spot Trading Competition

17/01/2025

17/01/2025

VALR’s Weekend Trading Challenge

10/01/2025

VALR’s Weekend Trading Challenge

10/01/2025

10/01/2025

Deposit & Trade AgriDex: Earn your share of 300,000 AGRI

09/12/2024

Deposit & Trade AgriDex: Earn your share of 300,000 AGRI

09/12/2024

09/12/2024

The Great DOGEmber Trading Challenge

05/12/2024

The Great DOGEmber Trading Challenge

05/12/2024

05/12/2024

Analysis

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Shapella Shapella

11/04/2023

Shapella Shapella

11/04/2023

11/04/2023

Weekly recap

12/12/2022

Weekly recap

12/12/2022

12/12/2022

Move Over Dubai

28/11/2022

Move Over Dubai

28/11/2022

28/11/2022

Contagion

21/11/2022

Contagion

21/11/2022

21/11/2022

Swimming naked

14/11/2022

Swimming naked

14/11/2022

14/11/2022

Narrowing landings

04/11/2022

Narrowing landings

04/11/2022

04/11/2022

October’s end brings a delayed fuse

28/10/2022

October’s end brings a delayed fuse

28/10/2022

28/10/2022

Eternal grasp of the incessant crab

21/10/2022

Eternal grasp of the incessant crab

21/10/2022

21/10/2022

Editors’ picks

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Exclusive Interview | VALR CMO Ben Caselin: How to Become the Largest Exchange in South Africa?

Exclusive Interview | VALR CMO Ben Caselin: How to Become the Largest Exchange in South Africa?

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How to Buy Tether (USDT) in South Africa

How to Send Money to Someone Without a Bank Account

How to Send Money to Someone Without a Bank Account

How to Buy Ethereum in South Africa

How to Buy Ethereum in South Africa

How to Buy Bitcoin in South Africa

How to Buy Bitcoin in South Africa

The Beginner's Guide to Crypto API Trading

The Beginner's Guide to Crypto API Trading

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