News & Reviews:   NFT

During the mid of March, Meta announced that it will be shifting away from NFTs on both Facebook and Instagram. At the time, we didn't know when it would be removed but we have an official date. As shared by Ahmeh Ghanem, NFTs on Instagram will be deactivated on 11 April 2023.

Today, Samsung Malaysia just teased a new product for its smart TV lineup. Not exactly a new TV but rather, Samsung TV Plus that was advertised in its newsroom and it may be coming for the Malaysian market. 

If you recall, non-fungible tokens (NFT) were the rage that companies tried to capitalise on but were met with a lukewarm reception from the netizens. Last year, Meta wanted to integrate NFTs into its Facebook and Instagram platforms to help creators and it looks like it's not turning out so great.

Pos Malaysia Berhad today announced the launching of its first non-fungible token (NFT) stamps for collectors in conjunction with Merdeka Day and Malaysia Day celebrations. The limited edition NFTs are redeemable for free with every purchase of the #Empatbleas Setem Ku special edition stamp folder set which retails at RM59 each.

These days, companies are really trying to take advantage of having non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in whichever platform they are having. Instagram is the latest player to join the bandwagon and it has begun testing NFTs.

My E.G. Services Bhd (MyEG) yesterday launched the ‘Compare by MyEG x NFT Pangolin’ initiative which would give users free commemorative customisable non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to users of its ‘Compare by MyEG’ service. The company hopes that the initiative can help promote the use of NFTs and make it more accessible to everyone.

Ubisoft has finally announced a new shooting game after the rumours circulating on the internet for a while. Project Q, first mentioned as part of last September's Nvidia Geforce leak, is a new PvP battle arena game with the company claiming that it's not a Battle Royale title.

Global cryptocurrency platform Luno has today revealed that Malaysia is one of its strongest markets. In a statement by Luno Malaysia country manager Aaron Tang, 12 percent of the platform's new customers in the past 6 months are based in our country.

That amounted to approximately 120,000 new customers from Malaysia in just half a year. Globally, Luno now has over 10 million customers across 40 countries, securing one million new customers worldwide in the past six months for a a 35 percent year-on-year growth.

Malaysia is no stranger in the gaming industry, although we are mostly known for our e-sports athletes who are amongst the best in the world in various competitive gaming titles. However, did you know that we have a thriving game development scene too?

In fact, the first ‘Buatan Malaysia’ massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), Fung Wan Online was launched way back in 2003 by Phoenix Games Studios. Now, after nearly two decades, another MMORPG developed entirely in Malaysia is finally close to release and it's called Soulbond: Rebels Arise.

It looks like Malaysia won’t be recognising cryptocurrency as legal tender anytime soon as despite the urging to do so by the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia (K-KOMM). Previously, K-KOMM deputy minister called crypto ‘the future of finance’ and urged for the relevant authorities to held discussions in order to legalise it.

However, the proposal was unceremoniously turned down by the Ministry of Finance (MOF) confirmed that the federal government has no intention of recognising crypto as legal tender. This was asserted by the ministry’s first deputy minister, Shahar Abdullah in the Dewan Rakyat yesterday.