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11 Apr 2024

SA regulator grants licence to crypto firm Luno

This follows the regulator’s declaration of crypto assets as a financial product under the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act of 2002.
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5 Nov 2021

There’s enough room for e-Naira says Luno’s GM

Marius Reitz believes it will take some time before the currency gains traction in the market.
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2 Nov 2021

Luno eyes US expansion as parent firm DCG gets R10.8bn windfall

After Digital Currency Group raised $700 million, Luno says this means access to the capital needed to fuel continued expansion.
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1 Oct 2021

CBDC launch will empower Nigeria with early adopter advantage

Planned e-Naira pilot will give West African country advantage over counterparts in the space, according to blockchain, cryptocurrency professionals.
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11 Jun 2021

Luno taps into Africa’s ongoing flirtation with cryptocurrency

South Africa-founded cryptocurrency company notches up eight million customers, leveraging increasing interest on the continent.
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9 Feb 2021

Luno says funds are safe in Nigeria after crypto crackdown

SA’s biggest crypto exchange and other crypto-currency firms halt deposits in naira after the Nigerian government cracks the whip on crypto-currency players.
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4 Nov 2020

Ex-Luno developer launches SA-based Bitcoin exchange

Leon Kowalski, a former software developer at Luno, is establishing his own Bitcoin trading platform called Cape Crypto.
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9 Sept 2020

New York-based Digital Currency Group snaps up Luno

The SA-founded crypto exchange has been acquired by Digital Currency Group, a global enterprise that builds, buys, and invests in blockchain companies.
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7 Aug 2020

Naspers-backed Luno in deal for crypto savings accounts

The exchange partners with Genesis, a provider of digital currency brokerage services, to enable traders to earn interest on their crypto holdings.
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28 May 2020

Crypto adoption poised to grow in Africa

Research by Luno and conducted by Arcane research explains why.
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12 May 2020

Experts predict Bitcoin value to soar

Luno CEO predicts increase to ‘all-time highs’ within the next 12 to 18 months.
 
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