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Bitcoin Vending Machine your way to virtual currency
With the current exchange rate at just over R4000 to a bitcoin, it's still too early to tell what lies in store for the virtual currency -but it is at least making inroads into Africa. South Africa's first bitcoin vending machine was recently installed in centurion letting you change our physical rands into digital dollars.
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New bitcoin futures surge on debut
Following a rampant leap in the digital currency's price this year, Cboe launched the bitcoin futures under the "XBT" ticker symbol yesterday. But Deutsche Bank warns that Bitcoin crash is among significant market risks in 2018. Daniele Bianchi is the Assistant Professor of Finance at Warwick Business School joins CNBC Africa to discuss the cryptocurrency.
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Is BitX a sign that Naspers sees Bitcoin as the future?
Having recently raised $4 million from Naspers, BitX CEO Marcus Swanepoel joins Bruce Whitfield in this riveting chat on the future. Bitcoin and BitX have made big forays into what will be one of the currencies of the future. Virtual currencies will be able to eliminate the charges and costs that come with money transfers and could be a major first step of the world moving towards paperless currencies.
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Crypto Trader Ep 5: Why Bitcoin keeps reaching new highs
Bitcoin continues to rally, pushing the total value of all cryptocurrencies higher even as the wider markets are mostly red. What is causing this rally? To answer Crypto Trader Host Ran Neu-Ner is joined by Mark Kenigsberg, Founder of Bitcoin Chaser, and also chat to a team of experts for more.
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Contrarian View: Bit Coin new Global currency
A 53-year-old car dealer in Kansas, invested in his share of winners and losers during the Internet bubble of the 1990s. Now he is clinging to a stash of Bitcoin, even though the fledgling virtual currency has lost about 70% of its value.
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