Ciaran Ryan

South Africa

Host and Editor at Moneyweb Crypto

Editor at Moneyweb

Writer at Freelance

Editor Moneyweb Crypto, also covering mining, local government and some touching human stories.

Articles

PwC investigated over Choppies audit in Botswana

1 week ago | citizen.co.za | Ciaran Ryan

Botswana’s Accounting Oversight Authority has launched an investigation into PwC for its role in the delayed publication of the 2018 audit of Choppies Enterprises that resulted in the company being suspended on the JSE and Botswana Stock Exchange, resulting in a 75% drop in market value.
PwC investigated over Choppies audit in Botswana

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Ciaran Ryan

16 hours agoMore than 400,000 seats were left empty during the opening round of Club World Cup group matches in the United States. Stadiums have been 56.8% full, with more than half a million spectators attending. Nine stadiums have been used for the first 16 matches of the tournament, with a combined capacity …
MTI liquidators hit a snag in the UK courts

1 week ago | citizen.co.za | Ciaran Ryan

UK-based investors in collapsed bitcoin scam Mirror Trading International (MTI) briefly celebrated a victory when a UK court struck out the liquidators’ claims, with costs, in their attempt to recover funds. From the court papers it appears that the liquidators and their UK solicitors, Farrer & Co, were responsible for making the error that resulted in the strike out. Interestingly, Farrer & Co, is the same firm that represents the British royal family.
MTI liquidators hit a snag in the UK courts

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Ciaran Ryan

17 hours agoPresident Donald Trump's warning on Iran sent overall crypto markets in turmoil and Polymarket bettors believe that there's an over 60% chance that the U.S. will take military action against Iran. Plus, the Senate passed the GENIUS Act and the USELESS coin draws hype. CoinDesk’s Sam Ewen hosts “CoinDesk Daily.”
Banks are about to enter the crypto space

1 week ago | writersroom.co.za | Ciaran Ryan

Frank Leonette of AfriDAX delves into the imminent arrival of banks into the crypto space in SA, a surprising and ironic turnaround given their prior hostility to this new asset class. There are risks aplenty for customers, and not everyone will welcome the banks. From Moneyweb. You can also listen to this podcast on iono.fm here. What happens when banks embrace crypto, as they are about to do?
Reserve Bank unlawfully interfered in Absa chair appointment, says court

1 week ago | citizen.co.za | Ciaran Ryan

The South African Reserve Bank’s (Sarb) Prudential Authority (PA) broke the law and exceeded its powers in raising objections to the appointment of Sipho Pityana as chair of Absa in 2021, the Pretoria High Court ruled on Friday. Costs were awarded against the respondents, Absa and the PA. Pityana had approached the court for a declaratory order, claiming the PA had acted outside the law by pursuing an informal process that interfered with his potential nomination as chair of the Absa board.
Reserve Bank unlawfully interfered in Absa chair appointment, says court

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Ciaran Ryan

The South African Reserve Bank’s (Sarb) Prudential Authority (PA) broke the law and exceeded its powers in raising objections to the appointment of …
Oil jumps 7%, ZAR slumps on Israel-Iran conflict

2 weeks ago | writersroom.co.za | Ciaran Ryan

Sasol shares surge almost 11%, but a fuel hike in July is inevitable if the Middle East situation escalates. From Moneyweb. Brent crude surged over 7% on Friday following Israel’s drone strike on Iran, which reportedly hit nuclear enrichment facilities, ballistic missile factories and air defense systems, and saw retaliatory action by Iran. The attack also killed several high-ranking Iranian officials and nuclear scientists.
Ciaran Ryan on Power FM on the excruciating path to revival for Barbrook and Lily gold mines

2 weeks ago | writersroom.co.za | Ciaran Ryan

Path cleared for Barbrook and Lily gold mines to emerge from business rescue. From Power FM. It’s been a decade since the Barbrook and Lily gold mines in Mpumalanga were shut down after a pillar collapse that claimed the lives of three people. Now a Hong Kong investor, Ultra Concept, has stepped forward with the necessary funds to extract the mines from business rescue. The case was mired in legal action for much of the last decade. You can listen to it here.
Could quantum computing crack Bitcoin?

2 weeks ago | writersroom.co.za | Ciaran Ryan

Rob Price, CEO of Sound Money, takes us through some of extraordinary leaps in quantum computing in recent months and what threat this poses to Bitcoin’s cryptography – and how bitcoiners are responding. From Moneyweb. You can also listen to this podcast on iono.fm here. There’s been plenty of speculation about the potential impact of quantum computing on the Bitcoin network.