Kuala Lumpur: HATA, the second largest exchange of Malaysia cryptocurrency, expects strong growth in 2025, because global policies promote digital assets and stimulate wider adoption.
HATA CEO David Low said political developments in the United States, in particular President Donald Trump’s push to position the country as a center for cryptographic innovation.
Low believes that these movements accelerate traditional adoption worldwide.
“These favorable policies encourage the growth of the retail market and the institutional space. We are impatient to see a much higher adoption in the cryptography sector as a whole, “he said Aubriz.
Trump has openly pleaded for regulations on fair digital assets and proposed a national or strategic bitcoin reserve. This would imply that the United States would buy large quantities of cryptocurrency in the coming years and maintain it as a reserve, similar to the country’s strategic oil reserve.
Hata is a platform of digital assets which offers an exchange of online cryptocurrencies and is regulated by the Securities Commission Malaysia and the Labuan Financial Services Authority.
With more than three million Malaysians who have opened Crypto trading accounts, Low said that 2025 will be a positive year for the cryptocurrency industry in Malaysia due to world momentum.
“When these policies are favorable to the growth of industry as a whole, in general, this will create more adoption. This allows us to build two platforms, one that serves Malaysians, allowing them to buy and sell digital assets with Ringgit, and the other to serve users worldwide outside Malaysia, their Allowing to buy and sell digital assets with US dollars, “he said.
LOW, a former director general of Digital Exchange Luno and one of his first employees, played a key role in expanding the business operations. “I helped create their business, ask for licenses and evolve in Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia and Australia.”
Responding to concerns about the volatility of cryptocurrency, LOW explained that blockchain technology was initially designed to facilitate value transfers and payments.
“However, due to the limitations of assets, many investors now treat it both as an investment class and a speculative asset, similar to digital gold or technology actions,” he said.
Cryptographic assets have digital gold characteristics while offering speculative opportunities, as well as technological stocks, said Low.
He advised Malaysians to understand technology and to use approved exchanges to avoid scams if they choose to invest.
“More importantly, investors must grasp the fundamentals before putting money in cryptocurrencies. If investors adopt a long -term strategy by investing consistently thanks to the average cost in dollars, rather than making short -term transactions, they can considerably reduce their risk of loss, “explained low.
By using Bitcoin as an example, he noted that in 2017 or 2018, it was only worth a thousand US dollars. “Fast advance to today, more than five years later, and it is much more.”
Low said that success in cryptographic industry comes from a responsible investment approach.
“Invest only what you can afford to lose, treat it as an alternative asset rather than a primary investment and maintaining a long-term perspective instead of short-term speculation,” he said.
