28 January 2026
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The Free Market Foundation (FMF) this week launched its landmark report on Bitcoin adoption in South Africa. The report was revealed at a press briefing on Tuesday, 27 January.
The paper, entitled “State-Proof Money: The Case for Bitcoin Adoption in South Africa”, is authored by FMF CEO David Ansara and makes the case for individuals and companies to embrace Bitcoin as a strategic reserve asset and as a transactional currency.
The report’s publication comes ahead of the annual Adopting Bitcoin Conference to be held in Cape Town on Friday, 30 January, where Ansara will address entrepreneurs, investors, and civil society leaders from across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Particularly notable for the African audience is the utility of Bitcoin for “state-proofing”: a strategy for building resilient, voluntary systems outside of government control to mitigate hostile policy and state failure. This has been a running theme in the FMF’s Liberty First policy agenda.
The paper applies the state-proofing framework to money, arguing that Bitcoin adoption offers South Africans a powerful tool to reduce dependence on the rand and reclaim financial sovereignty.
Speaking at the online launch of the report, Ansara says:
“State-proofing is a mindset. By internalising the locus of control and accepting their fundamental capability to be agents of change, ordinary South Africans can solve many of the problems facing our country today. “
The paper identifies contemporary threats to sound money, including efforts to “nationalise” the South African Reserve Bank, the ever-present threat of inflation, as well as the risk of increased surveillance and government control over financial systems.
“Bitcoin is ‘freedom money’, and as an organisation that cares about promoting and defending freedom, we see great promise in Bitcoin. Its immutability and decentralised structure make Bitcoin ideal as a store of value and a hedge against monetary debasement. We’re excited to see more South Africans using Bitcoin to state-proof themselves,” concludes Ansara.
Click here to read the full report.
Click here to watch the briefing.
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Neem Bitcoin aan as verskansing teen staatsmislukking en vyandigheid, sê Vryemarkstigting
28 Januarie 2026
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Die Vryemarkstigting (FMF) het vandeesweek sy baanbrekende verslag oor Bitcoin-aanneming in Suid-Afrika bekendgestel. Die verslag is tydens ‘n perskonferensie op Dinsdag, 27 Januarie, onthul.
Die dokument, getitel “State-Proof Money: The Case for Bitcoin Adoption in South Africa”, is deur David Ansara, FMF Hoof Uitvoerende Beampte, geskryf en stel die argument vir individue en maatskappye om Bitcoin as ‘n strategiese reserwe-bate en as ‘n transaksionele geldeenheid aan te neem.
Die publikasie van die verslag kom voor die jaarlikse Adopting Bitcoin-konferensie wat op Vrydag, 30 Januarie, in Kaapstad plaasvind, waar Ansara entrepreneurs, beleggers, en burgerlike samelewingsleiers uit Sub-Sahara-Afrika sal toespreek.
Besonders opmerklik vir die Afrika-gehoor is die nut van Bitcoin vir “staatsbestandheid”: ‘n strategie om veerkragtige, vrywillige stelsels buite staatsbeheer te bou om vyandige beleid en staatsmislukking te versag. Dit is ‘n deurlopende tema in die FMF se Liberty First-beleidsagenda.
Die dokument pas die staatsbestandheid-raamwerk toe op geld, en stel voor dat Bitcoin-aanneming vir Suid-Afrikaners ‘n kragtige hulpmiddel bied om afhanklikheid op die rand te verminder en finansiële soewereiniteit te herwin.
Tydens die aanlyn bekendstelling van die verslag het Ansara gesê:
“Staatsbestandheid is ‘n ingesteldheid. Deur die lokus van beheer te internaliseer en hul fundamentele vermoë om agente van verandering te wees te aanvaar, kan gewone Suid-Afrikaners baie van die probleme oplos wat ons land vandag in die gesig staar.”
Die dokument identifiseer hedendaagse bedreigings vir stabiel en betroubare geld, insluitend pogings om die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank te “nasionaliseer”, die immerteenwoordige bedreiging van inflasie, sowel as die risiko van toenemende toesig en staatsbeheer oor finansiële stelsels.
“Bitcoin is ‘vryheidsgeld’, en as ‘n organisasie wat omgee vir die bevordering en verdediging van vryheid, sien ons groot potensiaal in Bitcoin. Sy onveranderlikheid en gedesentraliseerde struktuur maak Bitcoin ideaal as ‘n stoor van waarde en ‘n verskansing teen monetêre ontwaarding. Ons is opgewonde om meer Suid-Afrikaners te sien wat Bitcoin gebruik om hulself staatsbestand te maak,” het Ansara afgesluit.
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