Are you doing the Crypto Arbitrage? CURRENCY HUB offers a “Near-Zero SWIFT” breakthrough.
The crypto arbitrage market in South Africa has seen notable changes in recent months.
What was once an extremely profitable strategy driven by premiums as high as 30% has now tightened considerably, with premiums shrinking to below 1%.
The main driver here being the double whammy of the Trump trade, strong dollar and strong crypto, both have a negative impact on the premium.
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For many crypto arbitrage traders, SWIFT fees have eaten into profits, sometimes costing as much as 30-50% of a trader’s annual earnings.
However, what if it were possible to completely eliminate these fees, thereby improving returns even in a low-premium environment?
Enter CURRENCY HUB, South Africa’s leading, regulated, crypto arbitrage service, who has partnered with a top-tier bank to offer clients zero SWIFT fees on their trades as part of a limited time offer.
The Problem: A Shrinking Premium and Rising Costs
Crypto arbitrage traders profit from price discrepancies on different exchanges.
Typically, crypto on South African exchanges trades at a premium to offshore exchanges.
This Premium has been steadily declining in recent years to around 2%, and as at writing is as low as 1%.
Nonetheless, looking back on the year CURRENCY HUB clients have made on average R150,000 trading their full offshore allowance.
If they use their interspousal-loan, that is R300,000 per household on average.
The arbitrage trade does incur various costs, primarily SWIFT fees, forex fees at the banks, exchange fees and of course the fees the arbitrage service provider charges.
In this environment, the SWIFT fee is by far the largest cost, being up to 0.5% per trade.
The Solution: Near Zero SWIFT Fees Through Batching
CURRENCY HUB has recently unveiled a breakthrough solution to this problem by significantly reducing clients’ SWIFT fees.
We have partnered with a top-tier bank, and have implemented a batching system that consolidates multiple clients’ forex trades into a single SWIFT transfer.
This innovative approach reduces the individual’s SWIFT fee, significantly reducing the costs traditionally associated with each trade, while satisfying the SARB.
Reporting of individual trades and the repatriation of the trading capital back to the individual remains the same
For smaller traders, this is a game-changer. Previously, high SWIFT fees made crypto arbitrage prohibitively expensive.
Now, with a minimum investment requirement of just R50,000, traders can enter the market and take advantage of arbitrage opportunities.
This batching system directly improves profitability, with clients seeing a potential 20-50% increase in realized profits ,depending on the trade size and market conditions.
The Benefits of Zero SWIFT Fees
1. Higher Profits
With near-zero SWIFT fees, traders achieve a higher arbitrage premium. For instance, a R10 million trade, using R100k, with a 2% premium (R200,000) no longer loses R50,000 to SWIFT fees.
2. Lower Barriers to Entry
With a reduced minimum investment of just R50,000, more traders can now participate in crypto arbitrage. This will take 220 trading days to clear the R11m allowance, so we still encourage larger trading amounts, especially to avoid the risk of a historically low premium in the last quarter.
3. Better Forex Rates
CURRENCY HUB’s partnership with a top-tier bank offers more competitive forex rates, boosting arbitrage and traditional forex profitability.
What This Means for South African doing the Arbitrage
The introduction of zero SWIFT fees comes at a crucial time for South African crypto traders.
The AIT allowance has long been an underutilized tool for crypto arbitrage, primarily due to the prohibitively high costs associated with executing arbitrage trades.
Now, thanks to CURRENCY HUB’s solution, traders can fully leverage their AIT allowance without the fear of losing a substantial portion to banking fees.
This development could spark a wider adoption of arbitrage strategies in the South African market, particularly among those who previously found the barrier to entry too high.
The benefits extend beyond individual traders, as it also serves the broader South African economy.
By ensuring that funds remain within the country, this approach helps maintain compliance with exchange control regulations while generating tax revenue for SARS.
And finally. This is a win-win for all South Africans, noting SARS also benefits from an increase in registered tax payers and the Income Tax derived from the trade.
Why place your trust in CURRENCY HUB?
The Crypto Arbitrage is not without risk. Your biggest risk being the service provider you choose.
CURRENCY HUB has been a leader in regulated crypto arbitrage in South Africa since 2017.
The company is licensed by the FSCA (FSP 50850) as a Category I and II asset manager and was one of the first to be issued a Crypto Asset Service Provider license(CASP), ensuring all operations are conducted in full compliance with South African regulatory standards and exchange control.
With a zero-loss track record since 2017, and over R25 billion traded for thousands of clients, CURRENCY HUB has earned a reputation for consistently outperforming the market, reliability and transparency utilizing its proprietary trading system and sophisticated hedging solutions.
How to Get Started
Getting started with CURRENCY HUB’s zero-SWIFT-fee special is simple, and you can be trading within 3 days
- Register Online: Visit www.currencyhub.co.za to sign up and complete the FICA process.
- Sign the Mandate: Allowing CURRENCY HUB to trade on your behalf, through specific banking channels, some of which optimize the SWIFT.
- Deposit Funds: Transfer funds into our dedicated nominee trading account and start profiting from crypto arbitrage opportunities.
- AIT SARS Applications: CURRENCY HUB facilitates your AIT applications..
Conclusion
As the crypto arbitrage landscape tightens and premiums shrink, CURRENCY HUB’s ZERO–SWIFT fee special (1 Jan – 31 May 2025) offers traders a significant advantage.
By eliminating the high costs associated with traditional SWIFT payments and making the market more accessible to smaller traders, CURRENCY HUB has not only improved the economics of crypto arbitrage but also expanded the opportunity to a broader audience.
For those seeking to capitalize on arbitrage opportunities before the end of the year, there’s never been a better time to get started, and be ready for the year ahead.
FSCA regulation is in place for financial advisors and wealth managers to offer the CURRENCY HUB arbitrage service to their clients.
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CURRENCY HUB is a sophisticated foreign exchange trading house, providing easy access to forex, regulated digital assets, OTC and alternative investment strategies. Digital assets are regulated by the FSCA and BLACK ONYX / CURRENCY HUB is authorized to offer financial advice, perform an intermediary service and invest with a discretionary asset management mandate (FSP 50850 licenses include CASP, Cat 1 & 11 and FX). Past returns do not guarantee future performance
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