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🦄 Fluffy Pony, Dawie Roodt, & More at BECSA's Chain Reaction 2.0 Sep 04, 2019

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On Thursday 29 August 2019, the Blockchain Entrepreneurs Club of South Africa held their second edition of "Chain Reaction" in Sandton, the economic hub of Africa. It was ironic then that the leading thinkers in the future of finance came together in such a location to discuss the most disruptive technology in economics we've ever seen: Blockchain.

Headlined by Dawie Roodt, famed South African economist and political commentator, Chain Reaction 2.0 brought investors, entrepreneurs and developers together to explore the possibilities of the future.

Opening the event however was a Fireside Chat with arguably South Africa's most famous crypto celebrity, Riccardo Spagni. Known as "Fluffy Pony" on Twitter, Spagni gained fame as one of the lead developers on the Monero Project (a privacy blockchain), and has gone on to build Tari and Globee. The Fireside Chat was hosted by Kirsty Bisset, CEO of FinTech Growth Agency SwiftX.

Dawie Roodt was up next, explaining the history of money, and interweaving South Africa's precarious financial situation with how economics has developed to this modern day, stating clearly that the entire system is poised for drastic change.

After Dawie was CEO of one of Africa's leading blockchain companies; Luno. Marcus Swanepoel has overseen Luno's sensational success, and in his talk he took us through the trends they are seeing in the industry based on the activity of their users. Unfortunately Marcus was unable to chat to us after the event, but we did get to speak to the GM of Africa at Luno, Marius Reitz.

The MC was none other than Khaya Dlanga, who also sped off after the event, meaning we'll have to get an interview with him in a separate event.

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Visit the various companies and influencers below:
BECSA: https://www.blinktech.io/becsa/
LUNO: www.luno.com
Riccardo Spagni: https://twitter.com/fluffypony
Dawie Roodt: https://web.facebook.com/DawieRoodtEconomist
Kirsty Bisset: https://twitter.com/kirstybisset
Khaya Dlanga: https://twitter.com/khayadlanga

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📊 Mkt Analysis E20: Bounce Off Support, It's 50/50 Right Now Sep 04, 2019

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After a significant bounce off the $9500 support level, and now starting to test the next resistance level, we have reason to be a bit more bullish, but not enough to push us part 50/50. Find out why in this week's Market Analysis.

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📊 Mkt Analysis E19: Bearish Pennant In Low Volatility & "What's An ICO?" (Market Analysis) Aug 29, 2019

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This week's episode is proudly sponsored by CryptoFest, happening at the V&A Waterfront, Cape Town on Sat 7 September. Get 15% by entering the code " #CF19SACrypto " (include the hashtag!) at checkout. Visit www.cryptofest.co.za to book your tickets, including an awesome afterparty.

In this episode, Graeme sees a Bearish Pennant, and is expecting a spill to the downside in this low volatility times (which we actually saw since we recorded the episode!).

We also answer the question of the week: "Could you please explain an ICO?"

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Newsletter 34: World Bank On The Blockchain 🏦 US Sanctions 3 Crypto Addresses 🚧 Satoshi Reveal Is "Stupid" 🤦‍♂️ Aug 23, 2019

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The SA Crypto Dgest is a weekly newsletter that brings you news from Crypto industry experts in South Africa and around the world, in a short, concise format.

This is the audio narration of that newsletter!

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Interview with Richard de Sousa (Aug 2019) about CryptoFest, Digital Gold, Bitcoin Maximalism, & Future of Society! Aug 23, 2019

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In this interview with Richard de Sousa, CEO of AltCoinTrader, James asks about their recent launch of Gold and Silver on their platform, and what the response has been like. He also delves into the future of society thanks to the blockchain technology, and even touches on Bitcoin maximalism.

You can watch to the video version of the interview here: https://youtu.be/RQ-Lrc9hqHg

Full list of questions covered in this interview:

- Were you the founder of Netspace? What services did Netspace offer?
- What did you do with Netspace after you got ACT up and running?

GOLD AND SILVER
- How has the response been to digital gold and silver?
- Could you elaborate on how you peg the price to the value of the real precious metals? (If the digital versions of the Kruger coins were much cheaper, people would buy and then cash out via your withdrawal by courier system. If much more expensive people wouldn’t invest or trade - so surely you have some form of algorithm stabilizing the price?)
- Have you had anyone withdraw their Kruger coins yet?
- Who are the retail partners? A single chain, or a number of chains linked in a partnership?
- Will you ever introduce deposits via the retail partner? This could provide arbitrage opportunities for speculators.

CRYPTOCURRENCIES
- As a South African exchange, can you tell us how much data and information the SARB and FSC ask from you?
- You’re the only exchange in Africa to offer the BTT airdrop. How have you found Tron’s honouring of this airdrop, and what are your thoughts on their move with BitTorrent?
- How does ACT choose new coins to list? Is there a listing fee if projects approach you?
- You offer Bitcoin SV, on your exchange. What are your thoughts on the Bitcoin forks controversy? Do you think there is even room for BSV?
- You’re a headline speaker at Cryptofest, one of the first events of its kind in Africa. How would you rate the current cryptocurrency investment climate in South Africa?
- How do you see cryptocurrencies impacting/affecting the geo-political future of our societies, if at all?

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📊 Mkt Analysis E18: BTC Looking Bearish, What's Your Worst Sh**coin? (Market Analysis) Aug 20, 2019

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Graeme continues to feel pretty bearish when looking at the Bitcoin price, find out why.
While this week's question is: "What's your worst sh**coin you're holding since 2017?"
Question comes from our Whatsapp "Buy & Sell" group, which you can join by filling in this form here: https://sacrypto.co.za/join-us-on-whatsapp/

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This episode was proudly sponsored by *AFRICA-TECH*, happening at the CTICC from Tue 12-Thur 14 November 2019.
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📊 Mkt Analysis E17: BTC Spills To The Downside & Best Paper Wallet? Aug 16, 2019

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We've seen quite a serious move to the downside in the past week since our last episode, and this week Graeme looks at the next key supports as things are looking precarious.
We also answer the question of the week from Henk: "What is the paper wallet, and way to import the paper wallet."

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Mkt Analysis E16: BTC Price Surge Due To Fed Rate Cut? Aug 06, 2019

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Has the Fed Rate Cut caused this recent Bitcoin price pump? In this edition, Graeme looks at how it was primarily an expected move on the charts (Graeme traded it), and then he answers our "Question of the week" (from our Telegram Trading Group) which was indeed about the Fed Rate Cut vs Gold vs Bitcoin.

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Newsletter 31: 12 yr old and the SEC 👶 USA Can't Ban Bitcoin 🇺🇸 NBA And Blockchain 🏀 Aug 03, 2019

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This week's SA Crypto Digest has all the latest in blockchain news from around the world, as well as a short Market Analysis of what to expect in coming days.

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Mkt Analysis E15: Lower Highs Are Worrying, But Still Bullish - and will POS Affect ETH Price? Aug 01, 2019

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In our first edition since the beginning of July, we welcome Graeme back from a trip to Europe and Canada! And in the Analysis, Graeme looks at the lower highs on the way down from the recent push to $13,400, but says he is still 60% bullish.

Our "Question of the Week" came from Waz in the Mining Whatsapp group, who asked "How Ethereum's price be affected by the move from POW to POS." Great question, Waz.

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