Digital asset exchanges continue to thrive


Representations of cryptocurrencies Bitcoin, Ethereum, DogeCoin, Ripple, Litecoin are placed on PC motherboard in this illustration taken, June 29, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

KUALA LUMPUR: Despite market uncertainties following the Covid-19 pandemic, about RM16bil worth of digital assets and cryptocurrencies have been traded in Malaysia between October 2019 and September 2021.

Securities Commission (SC) chairman Datuk Syed Zaid Albar said digital asset exchanges in the country would continue to thrive this year, with about 300,000 new accounts created to date.

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