Decentralized technologies are still quite heavily reliant on centralized technologies, meaning that they are controlled by a natural person rather than peer-to-peer. Firstly, you cannot access crypto without fiat money like Rands or Dollars. You can access crypto by transferring fiat to a centralized exchange (CEX) and exchanging it for crypto.

In this article Evan Smit, Seed Deputy Information Officer, explores a few security safeguards to ensure that your Advisory is up to speed following the implementation of POPIA on 1 July 2021.

Why is Bitcoin Gaining This Much Traction? To answer this, we need to go back to basics and explore what money is, how money has evolved and how Bitcoin stacks up against other forms of money.

Before I begin, I would like to clarify the difference between three financial concepts …