{"id":608580,"date":"2026-06-02T22:14:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T22:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/?p=819337"},"modified":"2026-06-02T22:14:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T22:14:05","slug":"trader-loses-1680-btc-fight-as-south-african-court-classifies-bitcoin-as-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/trader-loses-1680-btc-fight-as-south-african-court-classifies-bitcoin-as-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"Trader Loses 1,680 BTC Fight as South African Court Classifies Bitcoin as Capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/trader-loses-1680-btc-fight-as-south-african-court-classifies-bitcoin-as-capital_nwmk-768x432.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"African High court.\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 15px 15px 0\" \/>A South African High Court ruled that bitcoin can be legally treated as \u201ccapital\u201d and a \u201cnegotiable instrument\u201d (a form of money) because it holds value, is used for speculation, and is accepted by merchants. The Catalyst: Seizure of 1,680 Bitcoins A South African High Court has ruled that bitcoin can be treated as capital [&#8230;] <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A South African High Court ruled that bitcoin can be legally treated as \u201ccapital\u201d and a \u201cnegotiable instrument\u201d (a form of money) because it holds value, is used for speculation, and is accepted by merchants. The Catalyst: Seizure of 1,680 Bitcoins A South African High Court has ruled that bitcoin can be treated as capital [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":608581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-608580","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bitcoin"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}