KUANTAN: Four men, all locals, were detained in connection with a scuffle involving two groups at a casino in Genting Highlands on Saturday (April 6). Bentong OCPD Supt Zaiham Mohd Kahar said police received information about the clash that involved about 10 men, aged between from 23 to 50 years old, at about 4am Sunday (April...
PETALING JAYA: Four Malaysians - Bryan Lim from Kuala Lumpur, Elisa See from Johor and Victor Ngow and Thamini Vijeyasingam, both from Selangor - will be joining the Harvard College class of 2028. The four are among the international students selected from across 94 countries to attend Harvard College, and international students make up 15.4% out...
KUALA LUMPUR: Her Majesty Raja Zarith Sofiah, Queen of Malaysia, said she was moved to be reunited with a special child Tay Xiu Jin whom Her Majesty first met eight years ago. The second meeting with Tay, who is now 24 years old, happened by chance when Her Majesty was strolling to buy Hari Raya sweets...
TNG Digital Sdn Bhd (TNGD) will start charging a 1% conversion fee on overseas transactions made via its Touch ‘n Go ewallet platform from April 25 onwards, according to an update to its FAQ page. The new fee will be added to the daily exchange rate of the destination currency. As of time of writing, payments via...
KUALA LUMPUR: The traffic flow is expected to increase as road users take advantage of free tolls on all highways starting Monday (April 8). However, a spokesperson for the Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) said as of 8 this morning, the number of vehicles is still under control and traffic on some major highways is smooth. "The traffic...
PUTRAJAYA: A representative of Vern’s Holding Sdn Bhd arrived at the Islamic Development Department (Jakim) to give an explanation over the contentious shoe logo that appeared to resemble the word "Allah" in Arabic script. The man, in his 50s, was seen entering the building at about 10.50am on Monday (April 8) to meet Jakim officers over...
Troubled crypto lending firm Genesis has reportedly bought $2.1 billion worth of Bitcoin (BTC) after selling off approximately 36 million shares of the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC). According to a Bloomberg Law report citing court documents filed on April 5, Genesis sold 36 million of its GBTC shares and used the proceeds to buy 32,041 Bitcoins, which it...
BlackRock has added four more Wall Street firms as authorized participants (APs) for its spot Bitcoin ETF. With this addition, the asset manager’s Bitcoin-based fund now boasts a total of nine APs. BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF updates BlackRock, touted as the world’s largest asset manager, now counts Citi, Citadel, Goldman Sachs, and UBS among its APs for its spot...
Anza Network is set to roll out updates to fix the recent congestion issues on the Solana blockchain. “The short version is: significant progress has been made to overcome the current congestion challenges, and we expect to begin releasing fixes next week,” the Solana-focused software development firm confirmed. “In collaboration with other core contributors, we have...
SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci expects Bitcoin to reach at least $170,000 within the 18-month post-halving cycle. In the latest interview with CNBC, the former White House Communications Director expressed his optimism about the Bitcoin market. Scaramucci pointed out that Bitcoin ETFs reached over $10 billion in cumulative inflow within just three months, a feat that took Gold ETFs a year...
