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AltVest becomes the first company in Africa to start stacking bitcoin

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Warren Wheatley intends to follow in the footsteps of MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor by pumping cash and borrowings into bitcoin as a way to preserve shareholder value and mitigate currency risk.
25 Feb English South Africa Tech News · Investing

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