US debt tops $40T as Treasury buybacks cut yields, lifting gold past $4,500 and Bitcoin over $79K. Beyond debasement, tokenised RWAs and CeDeFi platforms like VALR are democratising global finance with equal access and regulatory clarity.

RWAs vs memecoins: Crypto's stark contrast. Real-world assets tokenise traditional finance, hitting $38B by mid-Aug 2026. Memecoins thrive on culture & speculation at ~$25B. Explore origins, growth, differences & risks.

Robinhood Chain is a permissionless Ethereum-compatible Layer 2 blockchain by Robinhood for tokenised equities and real-world assets. Built on Arbitrum Orbit as an optimistic rollup, it enables self-custody trading with ETH fees (chain ID 4663).

Wondering how much 1 TRX will cost you? Our up-to-date exchange rate and guide will show you how to buy TRX with ZAR.

Follow these steps to purchase Stellar Lumen easily and securely on VALR:
1. Create an account or sign in
2. Deposit ZAR into your account
3. Buy XLM

Equity perpetual futures (stock perps) offer leveraged, 24/7 synthetic exposure to stocks & indices like Apple, NVIDIA & S&P 500: no share ownership, dividends or voting rights. Born from crypto, they use funding rates for price alignment, enable easy shorts & high leverage, but carry liquidation, funding & gap risks.

Explore the key differences between USDC and USDT, the top two stablecoins by market capitalization

Wondering how much 1 XAUt will cost you? Our up-to-date exchange rate and guide will show you how to buy XAUt with USDT.

Wondering how much 1 XRP will cost you? Our up-to-date exchange rate and guide will show you how to buy 1 XRP with USDC.

Discover how global equity indices like the S&P 500 form the backbone of market analysis. Explore float-adjusted weighting, VIX as the fear gauge, realised vs implied volatility, and XYZ100 for continuous leveraged exposure. Key tools for smarter investment decisions.

Join VALR’s Perps Trading Competition and compete for up to 100,000 USDC in rewards! From 21 July to 18 August 2026, fully-verified traders can climb the leaderboard by trading Perps. The more participants, the bigger the rewards pool.

VALR & Hyperliquid are rewriting finance: CeFi meets DeFi. In this VALR Podcast episode, Farzam Ehsani and Jeff Yan reveal how Africa’s largest exchange is integrating Hyperliquid’s on-chain L1 to deliver 200+ perpetuals with deep liquidity. Explore meritocracy, leapfrogging legacy rails, and the hybrid future of global markets.

In the latest podcast, VALR CEO Farzam Ehsani speaks with Hyperliquid Co-Founder Jeff Yan about their groundbreaking partnership. VALR now offers nearly 200 new perpetual futures markets with deep on-chain liquidity via Hyperliquid’s high-performance L1 exchange. Discover how CeFi and DeFi are uniting to deliver fast, low-cost trading especially across Africa.

VALR, Africa's largest crypto exchange by trade volume, is redefining finance as a full digital asset infrastructure provider. With deep compliance, bank partnerships, and Onafriq mobile money integration, it delivers fast, low-cost cross-border payments and global liquidity to African users and businesses.

Explore 2026 commodity market outlooks for gold, silver, copper & crude oil. See how supply-demand, geopolitics, rates & dollar moves shape prices via COMEX, LME, ICE/NYMEX futures. Insights from WGC, Silver Institute, ICSG & EIA.

Discover how digital vouchers bridge cash-heavy informal economies and modern digital finance. Serving millions in low-risk settings, they build transaction skills, create records, and open doors to mobile money and formal services—driving inclusion, reducing risks, and supporting steady economic formalisation.

Participate in VALR’s Perps Trading Competition and rank among the top 10 traders by volume to share a $2,000 USDC prize pool. Access 200+ markets with leverage, including global equities, stock indices, commodities, precious metals, forex, and crypto.

Africa’s largest crypto exchange by volume, VALR, has integrated Hyperliquid to offer perpetuals on equities (NVIDIA, Tesla, SpaceX), indices, gold, oil, forex, and crypto. This marks the first major regulated exchange to natively integrate an on-chain L1 for deep liquidity and seamless trading.

Perpetual futures, or perps, let traders hold leveraged positions on Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other assets with no expiry date. Cash-settled and kept aligned via funding rates, they eliminate rollover costs and basis risk. This makes them ideal for speculation, hedging, and 24/7 trading.