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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?

An ETF, or exchange-traded fund, is an investment fund that tracks an index, asset, or a basket of assets, and is traded on an exchange.

It’s been an exciting year for cryptocurrency so far, from Elon’s tweets to new all-time highs…

Scheduling cryptocurrency purchases at regular intervals is a great way to mitigate risk and earn profits over time, eliminating the stress of trying to buy crypto at its highest or lowest price.

Check your FUD at the door, here are five tips for a decentralised working life.

Ethereum’s London hard fork went live on Thursday 5 August with five new Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIP). Strap in as we give the London hard fork our undivided attention. This one’s a biggy.

We look at six prominent Bitcoin deniers that have recently started singing a very different tune. From old-school investors to banking’s biggest CEOs, there have been a fair few who have changed their mind.

The Bitcoin mining community has resoundingly voted for the Taproot upgrade to the Bitcoin network and it’s now expected to be implemented around the end of 2021.

When you send bitcoin, you aren’t really moving it between addresses. The bitcoin is essentially stored in a digital vault where it stays regardless of the owner. When you send bitcoin, what you’re actually doing is changing the locks to fit the recipient(s)’s key rather than your own.

So, Warren Buffet mumbles something about Bitcoin being rat poison and the world says, “Sure, grandpa, you just go about making your billions the old-fashioned way and leave the modern stuff to us.” Fair enough. Buffet’s pretty good at making billions the old-fashioned way. He’s also good at looking and sounding like a sweet, old grandpa.