A South African crypto investment company, NTC Global Trade, has officially been placed under provisional liquidation by the Pretoria High Court, marking the collapse of yet another high-profile scheme in the country’s crypto investment scene.
The ruling follows the resignation of the company’s Business Rescue Practitioner (BRP), Kurt Knoop, who stepped down citing death threats. His resignation effectively closed the door on any possibility of saving the business through restructuring.
The case also took a tragic turn in September 2025 when attorney Bouwer van Niekerk, who had been investigating NTC, was assassinated in his Johannesburg law firm’s boardroom. His killing remains unsolved, and authorities…