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A look inside the risks of crypto arbitrage
Thereâs no such thing as risk-free, but there are ways to mitigate some of the key risks.
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The whole idea of crypto arbitrage is to exploit price differences that frequently occur in the same asset on different markets.
By way of example, on Tuesday bitcoin could be bought on overseas exchanges for roughly 3.4% less than local exchanges. You could purchase bitcoin on an overseas exchange using your foreign exchange allowances, and then sell it within an hour or so on a SA crypto exchange to lock in the profit.