About us
Cape Crypto was founded in July 2020 and launched on 5 November 2020.
With over 5 years of operation and more than R1 billion in trading volume, we are a fully licensed Financial Services Provider (FSP) registered in South Africa.
Born from a belief that cryptocurrency can transform the financial landscape for everyday South Africans, Cape Crypto is proudly South African and built for South Africans.
When you use Cape Crypto, you support a South African exchange and company. We are local, based in Cape Town, and always will be.
We facilitate a marketplace for buyers and sellers of cryptocurrency. We also offer a simplified buying and selling experience for customers who just want to buy or sell without navigating the exchange. Customers can send and receive cryptocurrency as well.
Our founder and CEO Leon Kowalski
Kowalski has a developer, technology, management and startup background going back many years. He founded his first company straight out of college in 2005 − an IT services company servicing SMEs, which he ran for three years. From there, he stepped into freelance software development which allowed him to explore different markets around the world. While working in Sydney, Australia, Kowalski dedicated his full time to the field of product management and development. He spent six years working at various startups across Sydney before returning to Cape Town. In 2018, Luno brought Kowalski onto the product management team to focus on multiple aspects of the customer-facing product.
His first exposure to Bitcoin was in 2012, and he has been actively involved in the cryptocurrency space ever since. His vision is to realise cryptocurrency’s full potential for all South Africans.