Business 29 October 2026, 22:13 via Daily Maverick

CRYPTO CORNER: Bitcoin turns 18 this weekend as the world economy gets drunk on cryptocurrency

Eighteen years after Satoshi Nakamoto published the bitcoin white paper, the crypto has expanded into a $101-billion regional economy in sub-Saharan Africa. However, the current market reality reveals a divergence from Nakamoto’s original vision.

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