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BN Daybreak Mon 2 Feb: Gold & Bitcoin crash; Col Wyatt on Goolam mystery; Musk’s mega-merger

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It’s a red start to the week for commodities and crypto, with Gold taking a massive $600 knock and Bitcoin tumbling to 2025 levels. On today's BizNews Daybreak, Alec Hogg unpacks the market carnage; Col Chris Wyatt offers his insights into the mysterious death of online activist Goolam; we also look at the "convergence of the Musk-verse" as rumours swirl about a Tesla-SpaceX merger, and hear from CapeNature on the relentless poaching of SA’s marine and floral heritage.
1 Feb 11PM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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