Malaysia frowns at making cryptocurrency a legal tender

Malaysia frowns at making cryptocurrency a legal tender

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Cryptocurrencies are not suitable for use as a payment instrument in Malaysia, according to the country’s deputy finance minister Mohd Shahar Abdullah. Shahar Abdullah said the government does not intend to recognise it as a legal tender, according to a Bloomberg report on Friday.

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