The collapse of FTX has delivered a crushing blow to crypto. All the more reason to demand crypto companies open their books for inspection, says Dale Russell, director of Moore Blockchain and Digital Assets.

Jon Ovadia, CEO of crypto prime broker OVEX, explains that collapsed global exchange FTX owned 8% of OVEX, which it is now attempting to buy back. He says that no customer funds are locked up in the FTX exchange.

Chris Heaton, co-founder of gaming platform Skrmiish (pronounced 'skirmish'), has built up a base of 50 000 players in less than two years. Watch this space as it targets the one billion player mark, making it a potential giant in the global gaming space, and all built on the Ethereum blockchain.

Zambesi Gold CEO Koos van Straaten, a gold mining veteran, got the crypto bug when bitcoin was R8 000. He and his team have now launched a fully fledged gold mining operation with an interesting gold-backed token

Chris Becker, managing executive of cyber banking at TymeBank, explains why the technology on which Bitcoin rests is so revolutionary, and discusses the differences between proof of stake and proof of work (PoW), criticising some arguments for PoW.

Marius Reitz, general manager for Africa at Luno, shares his thoughts on where we are in the crypto cycle, and some of the new products, including the ability to buy bundles of cryptos in a single purchase.

Recent research by Pet Rock Investments shows South Africans have adopted a DIY approach to cryptos, by-passing their financial advisors. Another surprising outcome of the survey is that South African advisors are themselves big adopters of crypto, explains Paul Casarin, co-founder of Pet Rock Investments.

Artists and entrepreneurs are cashing in by monetising their art and otherwise sterile assets, explains CEO Asif Aziz and Mandla Magagula, chief tech officer at Libex, one of Africa's largest non-fungible token (NFT) markets.

Binance SA country head Hannes Wessels spent 20 years as a senior investment bankers at HSBC before recognising which way the financial winds were blowing. He explains how Binance became the world's largest crypto exchange in just five years, an extraordinary tale of wealth creation, and the company's recently announced move into futures trading.

Brett Hope Robertson, head of investment at Revix, sees a time when ethereum surpasses bitcoin in terms of market value. That event, known as the 'flippening', may be closer than many think due to the massive tech upgrade that has just turned ethereum into a potential global financial titan.