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  • Communications and Multimedia Ministry wants the Malaysian government to legalise cryptocurrency

    Communications and Multimedia Ministry wants the Malaysian government to legalise cryptocurrency

    The Deputy Minister of Communication and Multimedia (K-KOMM), Datuk Zahidi Zainul Abidin has urged for the Federal Government to adopt cryptocurrency as legal tender in Malaysia. Claiming that crypto is ‘the future of finance’, Zahidi also said that his ministry will be looking into ways to increase youths' involvement in digital currencies.

    The K-KOMM Deputy Minister made the statement in the Dewan Rakyat today in reply to a supplementary question from the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ledang, Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh. The latter asked K-Komm on the government’s stance on non-fungible tokens (NFTs) trading which are becoming more popular in our country.