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Eva Crouwel, Head of Financial Crime at Luno shares her thoughts on the financial crime trends likely to await us in the coming year

When Bitcoin is written and talked about, previous attempts to create digital currencies that made Bitcoin possible are often overlooked. Attempts to create digital currencies had been undertaken numerous times since the late 1980s that pioneered some of the underlying…

Luno’s security team is continually identifying methods used by scammers to try to obtain funds fraudulently. We ask you to keep yourself informed of these tactics by referring back to this page regularly for updates. Fake Goods/Services scams Summary: The…

Your security is our top priority – always has been and always will be. While this time of year is intended to be one of peace and reflection for many, it is unfortunately also when scammers are at their most…

The once absolute boundaries between cryptocurrency and traditional finance have been blurred by the entry of institutional organisations into cryptocurrency in the last few years.  JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Fidelity, Black Rock and Morgan Stanley are among the old guard…

In 2021, consumers flooded into the crypto space. According to Grayscale, a digital currency investing and cryptocurrency asset management company, 55% of all Bitcoin investors have got started in the last year. But will this continue into 2022?  We asked…

Luno and YouGov recently have carried out a survey of over 6,000 crypto investors about their financial habits.

According to Luno data and global research performed by YouGov, crypto investors are making use of long-term investment strategies.

31 October was World Savings Day, but the date also marked 12 years since Satoshi Nakamoto published the Bitcoin white paper.

Luno, in association with YouGov, conducted an online survey in August of nearly 6,642 respondents across six countries including South Africa and the UK. From retirement goals to funding education and house deposits, here’s what we found.

What’s the truth around Bitcoin mining energy consumption? And how is the industry working to minimise its energy usage?

Let’s be honest, we’ve all googled “please explain this crypto concept to me as if I were a 5-year-old.” So, how does one communicate this to actual little children?