About one in every 10 adult South Africans has an account with Luno. And the Financial Sector Conduct Authority had licensed 75 crypto asset service providers by April.

That’s a whole lot of cryptocurrencies sloshing around in locals’ investment holdings, but still, bitcoin and contenders such as ethereum and Ripple’s XRP haven’t hit the mainstream. ..

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