The Consumer Advisor

NEW YORK, March 15 — A new feature has appeared at smoke shops in Montana, gas stations in the Carolinas and delis in far-flung corners of New York City: a brightly-lit bitcoin ATM, where customers can buy or sell digital currency, and sometimes extract hard cash. The machines have multiplied quickly through the United States over the past year, fueled by a frenzy in crypto trading that sent bitcoin prices over US$58,000 (RM238,409). Kiosk operators such as CoinFlip and Coin Cloud have installed thousands of ATMs, scouring areas competitors have not yet reached, executives told Reuters. “I just assumed there was demand and people wanted bitcoin everywhere,” said Quad Coin founder Mark Shoiket, who flew to Montana after scanning a US map for bitcoin ATM deserts. During a week-long road trip, he found seven places to install machines, including 406 Glass, a store in Billings, Montana, that sells tobacco, vape juice and colorful glass pipes. As of January, there were 28,185 bitcoin ATMs i...

Despite the growth of cryptocurrencies around the world, the digital assets investment is still low among Muslim countries including Malaysia, as people are wary of its compliance with the Islamic law. Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) Shariah Advisory Council chairman Datuk Dr Daud Bakar said investors and people in the country need more time to understand cryptocurrency from the Shariah perspective. Pic by Bloomberg This comes after the council, in July, advised that it is permissible for Muslim to invest and trade cryptocurrencies on registered crypto exchanges. Daud said as cryptocurrency is not regarded as a legal tender, it is a legit commodity that can be exchanged within the market, as long as it is not backed by “ribawi items” like gold and silver — which are generally used as currency to measure value of items for sale and purchase. “It is a medium of exchange, and we cannot stop people to use commodities as medium of exchange. It is as good as buying an e-ticket or commodi...

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