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Cryptocurrency was first introduced to the global market in 2009, with its most well-known form being bitcoin
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High court rules that cryptocurrency is not money

Case highlights the need for new legislation as judge finds cryptocurrency isn’t money or capital, meaning that exchange control regulations don’t apply to it

  • Charlise Finch
  • Raffique Motala
8 min read