Visa Is Making Digital Assets Spendable at 175 Million Merchants. Could African Bitcoin Users Benefit?
On October 19, 2026, Mesh, a crypto payments network, announced a strategic partnership with Visa to make cryptocurrency and stablecoin
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MoneyBadger
South Africa’s Proposed Rules Would Ban Buying Bread With Bitcoin. MoneyBadger Wants Policymakers to Rethink
MoneyBadger, the payment provider powering Bitcoin acceptance at Pick n Pay and South African Airways, is warning that the SARB’s draft exchange control rules would classify any payment from a private Bitcoin wallet as prohibited, even when the buyer is simply paying for bread and the merchant receives rand. The public comment period closes today.
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South Africa’s Spendable Bitcoin: Carel van Wyk on Building MoneyBadger’s Lightning Bridge
On the debut episode of From the Founder’s Desk by African Bitcoin News, MoneyBadger founder Carel van Wyk discusses Lightning payments, Bitcoin adoption, regulation, and the realities of building spendable Bitcoin infrastructure in South Africa.
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The Rand’s Rival? South Africa’s Ozow and MoneyBadger Launch “State-Proof” Payments
JOHANNESBURG — In the heart of Sandton, South Africa’s financial engine, a quiet revolution is moving from the fringes of
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