South-African Public Company Altvest Capital Invests in Bitcoin
Altvest Capital is the first African company to adopt a bitcoin treasury strategy, following the footsteps of Strategy in the US and Metaplanet in Japan. South African investment firm Altvest Capital has made history by becoming the first publicly listed company in Africa to buy bitcoin as a strategic treasury asset. The company recently bought one bitcoin […]
After the Bell: Contrasting the Altvest and Boxer listings
Recently I wrote about the lack of participation by retail investors in the upcoming listing of the Boxer supermarket chain, which will be hived off out of Pick n Pay. The IPO (Initial Public Offering), as it is inaccurately called, will only be open to “qualifying investors” – basically SA’s 10 biggest investment houses. But […]
Altvest’s AltX debut a boost to small businesses
The upcoming JSE listing opens up a portal of institutional and retail portfolios as well. Fledgling asset manager Altvest has finally been granted a listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s (JSE’s) AltX board under the diversified financial services sector, following its delisting from the Cape Town Stock Exchange (CTSE). The Financial Markets Act does not […]
Altvest wins environmental Finance’s ESG initiative of the year for Africa.
ESG investment initiative of the year, Africa: Altvest Capital Altvest Capital impressed the Environmental Finance Sustainable Investment Awards judges with its digitally-enabled investment platform.Its goal is to ‘democratise’ access to alternative investments and private equity for everyday investors in Africa.Altvest’s says its platform enables the creation, issuance, sale, distribution, management, tracking, and trade of direct fractional ownership […]
ETHEREUM: DE-FYING GRAVITY
Remember when Eminem released the hit song ‘Can the real Ethereum, please stand up?’ Well… neither can I, but these lyrics are sure to echo in the back of your mind as we begin to delve deeper into the world of Ethereum. ETHEREUM THE ‘APP STORE’ Ethereum, Ethereum Classic, Ethereum Max, and many more versions of […]