[#DigitalAssets | Episode 3 of 6] Cryptocurrency and blockchain
14 October 2026
One of the biggest misconceptions in the digital asset industry is that cryptocurrency and blockchain are the same thing, but they are not.
As explained by Dr Wiehann Olivier in less than three minutes, blockchain is only one piece of the puzzle. When many professionals in traditional financial services think about cryptocurrency, they often think about Bitcoin, market volatility, or speculative investment activity. Yet the real innovation sits beneath the asset itself.
At its core, cryptocurrency is the convergence of three technologies:
🔹Public and private key cryptography
🔹 Consensus mechanisms
🔹 Distributed ledger technology (blockchain)
Understanding how these technologies work together is key to understanding why digital assets represent a fundamentally different approach to establishing trust, recording ownership, and transferring value. Watch episode 3 now
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