Arena Podcast Network Business Day Spotlight

The rise of cryptocurrencies during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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In this edition of the Business Day Spotlight, we’re looking at the rise of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Richard de Sousa, CEO at AltCoinTrader, a local cryptocurrency exchange.

The discussion also focuses on AltCoinTrader’s trading volumes, uptake of cryptocurrencies in SA, how US regulators have allowed banks to use blockchain as a payment layer, issues holding local institutional investors from the market and the company’s new savings product.
13 Jan 2021 English South Africa Business News · News

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