Vida launches cryptocurrency called Lavida Coin

Ka-ching: Vida came up with the idea for her own cryptocurrency after gaining a healthy profit from her investments.

Compiled by ALLISON LAI, MAHADHIR MONIHULDIN and R. ARAVINTHAN 

COSMETICS queen Datuk Seri Dr Hasmida Othman – beter known as Datuk Seri Vida – is introducing her very own cryptocurrency called Lavida Coin, reported Utusan Malaysia.

According to the entrepreneur, she came up with the idea after gaining a healthy profit from her investments in cryptocurrencies two years ago.

She then decided to create the Lavida Coin with services from a professional team.

“I believe the Lavida Coin is affordable and capable of generating a handsome amount of money for investors,” she added.

The millionaire said she expected the value of the Lavida Coin to increase by the end of the year.

> A man in Kepong fell to his death on Wednesday from the 13th floor of his apartment while his mother was preparing breakfast in the kitchen, reported Kosmo!

The Sentul district police chief said Muhamad Izham Yusof, 25, had invited his mother to his apartment.

At 8am, the mother was preparing breakfast in the kitchen when she saw Muhamad Izham sitting on the ledge of the corridor outside the apartment.

The mother then rushed towards Muhamad Izham and brought him back into the apartment.

However, a few minutes later, the mother heard a loud sound and saw Muhamad Izham lying on the ground floor of the apartment block in a pool of blood.

Muhamad Izham had reportedly been treated for mental health at Hospital Kuala Lumpur.

The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.