Major Malaysian Bank Kenanga Acquires 19% Stake in a Crypto Exchange
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Major Malaysian Bank Kenanga Acquires 19% Stake in a Crypto Exchange

THELOGICALINDIAN - One of Malaysias top advance banks has bought a 19 pale in a bounded crypto barter via its clandestine disinterestedness arm The Kenanga Advance Bank appear its birth into the crypto business by advance in Tokenize Xchange

Tokenize Xchange Is One of the Three Malaysian Licensed Crypto Exchanges

Per the official announcement, the coffer fabricated the transaction through Kenanga Private Disinterestedness Sdn Bhd via a codicillary acceding to acquirement 19% disinterestedness absorption in the trading platform.

Hong Qi Yu, arch controlling administrator of Tokenize Xchange, founded the close in 2024. Since its barrage in Singapore, the barter has aggregate a chump abject of over 100,000. On April 1, 2024, the aggregation went alive as a accountant crypto close in the country.

Tokenize Xchange is one of the three accountant (DAX) exchanges accustomed by the civic authoritative body, the Securities Commission Malaysia.

Datuk Chay Wai Leong, accumulation managing administrator of Kenanga Investment Bank, commented on the move and what the coffer has been accomplishing to accept agenda assets:

According to Tokenize Xchange’s CEO, Kenanga Investment Bank’s onboarding could accompany abundant assets to amplify Malaysia’s attendance in the crypto space. Also, he seeks to become a “game-changing” access in the bounded crypto industry.

Asian Banking Industry’s Increasing Interest in Crypto-Related Ventures

Over contempo years, the coffer has been demography some initiatives to commence on the agenda economy. These included a collective adventure with a Japanese firm, Rakuten Inc., to acquaint an online banal trading belvedere in Malaysia.

Although the accord with Tokenize Xchange is the first-of-its-kind aural their business, Kenanga is already assuming added absorption in the agenda economy. The coffer afresh acquired a pale in Merchantrade, a Malaysian e-money operator.

This advertisement follows a alternation of added agnate ones in the Asian region, accurately in South Korea. As news.Bitcoin.com reported beforehand this year, Shinhan Bank appear an disinterestedness advance in the Korea Digital Asset Trust (KDAC).

The aggregation is a joint-venture aegis close founded by a bounded crypto exchange, Korbit, blockchain close Blocko, and crypto researcher Fair Square Lab.

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