TRADE MARKS
Bitcoin, Barter and the Blockchain: A Critical Reading of Mangundhla v South African Reserve Bank
A Gauteng High Court judgment handed down on 1 June 2026 concludes that Bitcoin is both “capital” and “money” under South Africa’s Exchange Control Regulations. The capital finding is defensible. The money finding is not. And the court’s treatment of what “export” actually means on a distributed ledger leaves the most difficult question unanswered. Case […]
June 3, 2026