South Africa Is Rewriting Its Crypto Exchange Control Rules. Here Is Why It Matters for Bitcoin.
South Africa’s Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana announced on October 21, 2026, that the country will revise key sections of its
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Eskom Wants to Sell Surplus Power to Bitcoin Miners at R1.20/kWh. The Details Still Matter.
South Africa’s state power utility Eskom has a surplus electricity problem and a proposed solution involving Bitcoin miners. Energy regulator
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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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Two South African Banks Just Added Bitcoin in the Same Week. Here Is What That Signals for the Rest of the Continent
Absa launched institutional Bitcoin custody on October 2. FNB opened Bitcoin trading to 9 million retail customers four days later. Two of South Africa’s biggest banks moving on Bitcoin in the same week is not a coincidence. It is a signal the rest of the continent cannot ignore.
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Africa’s Offline Bitcoin Builder: Kgothatso Ngako on Making Bitcoin Work Without Smartphones, Reliable Internet, or English.
Kgothatso Ngako created Machankura and Exonomia to solve two of the biggest barriers to African Bitcoin adoption: access and language. By enabling Lightning payments via simple USSD codes on feature phones and translating foundational literature into African languages, his tools bring open monetary infrastructure to where people actually are.
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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 African Bitcoiners Launch ‘Proof of Spend’ Challenge to Turn Holders into Everyday Users
A grassroots initiative is challenging South African Bitcoin holders to stop treating their sats like digital gold and start using
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South Africa’s Bitcoin Township: Herman Vivier on Five Years of Turning a 2010 Surf Charity into Mossel Bay’s Working Circular Economy
Bitcoin Ekasi did not start with code or venture capital. It started with eleven years of community trust in a Mossel Bay township, then layered Bitcoin on top to pay surf coaches in sats and get spaza shops accepting them. Herman Vivier on five years of building Africa’s most recognised Bitcoin circular economy.
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Bitcoin Ekasi Announces Pan-African Bitcoin Tour to Show How Circular Economies Actually Work
Bitcoin Ekasi has announced a Pan-African Bitcoin Tour for 2026, inviting visitors to experience circular economies where Bitcoin is earned, spent, and recirculated locally — not extracted through charity pipelines.
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Rencontre mensuelle conviviale de Stellenbosch BTC
En Afrique du Sud, la scène Bitcoin ne se limite pas aux grandes conférences: elle vit aussi dans des meetups
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