SA law firm Bowmans launches its own cryptocurrency – BowMoney
Sandton based pan-African law firm, Bowmans launched its own cryptocurrency – BowMoney – in July. BowMoney, it said, is the cryptocurrency that will underpin...
Interview with Casey Kuhlman of Monax about Smart Contracts
We interview Casey Kuhlman, CEO of Monax and discuss the deployment of smart, legally-binding contracts on the blockchain.
Monax is an application that can...
Financial Product Wrappers: A regulatory home for the wayward BitCoin?
As crucial as BitCoin may be to the growing global financial markets and as much as it may revolutionise concepts relating to payment and...
Blockchain and Cryptocurrency regulation in Africa under discussion at Afro-Asia Fintech Festival
African countries are no strangers to the use of digital solutions for money transfers, nor to the rapid implementation of such technologies. However, approaches...
Cryptocurrency transactions
In South Africa, as with most other countries around the world, there is no guidance and regulation regarding cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. The Budget...
The SEC’s Rejection of the BitCoin ETF: An Ode to Fallacious Consumer Protection
During early March 2017, on the brink of the South African Blockchain conference, wearing the Bitcoin badge of innovative positivity was the article entitled...
7 ways blockchain will change the legal industry forever
Blockchain technology has received quite a bit of attention over the last year, with the potential to be a transformative force across multiple diverse industries. At...
Crypto Kings (Infographic)
Back in 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto first introduced the concept of decentralized money which many considered unrealistic. Fast forward ten years after Bitcoin was created, cryptocurrencies...
Everything You Need to Know About Blockchain But Were Too Embarrassed to Ask
Let’s start with the basics. Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency — a digital version of an asset, much like gold. In 2017, its value skyrocketed. Blockchain is the...
What are Smart Contracts and How are Enterprises Using Them?
Smart Contracts is an application of the blockchain technology to create an independently verifiable, secure, permanent and fault-tolerant agreement designed for satisfying common contractual...
LegalThings to digitise law on Blockchain
Dutch software firm LegalThings has kicked off with the digitisation of Dutch legislation on the Blockchain. LegalThings launched its LegalThings One platform, an Ethereum-like platform that decentralises...
How to stay within the law and buy Bitcoin in South Africa
The South African Reserve Bank recently issued guidance regarding its position on the purchase and transfer of cryptocurrencies. The SARB does not regulate the exchange...
