Trending Crypto in Malaysia Today

Yes. Luno Malaysia Sdn Bhd is registered with the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) as a Recognized Market Operator — a regulated Digital Asset Exchange (DAX) — and was the first crypto exchange to receive full SC approval, back in October 2019. Regulation covers how the exchange operates: client-asset segregation, security and reporting standards. It does not make crypto itself safe — digital assets are not legal tender in Malaysia, and unlike bank deposits they are not protected by PIDM.

Yes — buying and selling digital assets is legal when done on a Digital Asset Exchange registered with the Securities Commission Malaysia, such as Luno. Digital assets are regulated under the Capital Markets and Services (Prescription of Securities) (Digital Currency and Digital Token) Order 2019. Unregistered offshore platforms sit outside Malaysian protection, and the SC regularly names them on its Investor Alert List.

The heat list above ranks every coin tradeable in ringgit on Luno Malaysia by 24-hour RM turnover — the ringgit value actually changing hands — so the top rows show what Malaysians are trading most right now. Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), XRP and Solana (SOL) usually lead, with alt-coins rotating up on newsy days.

Prices are the latest traded prices from Luno Malaysia's public API — the same MYR order book you trade on in the Luno app — refreshed automatically every few seconds (server-cached about 15 seconds). The 24-hour change and global market cap come from CoinGecko, which updates about once a minute.

Because the two numbers come from different places on purpose. The ringgit price is Luno Malaysia's own last traded price — a real local order-book print — while the US dollar figure beside it is the global reference price across all major exchanges (via CoinGecko). A local order book reflects local supply and demand, the bid-ask spread and the prevailing USD/MYR rate, so it can sit slightly above or below a straight conversion of the world price. Showing both is what makes that premium or discount visible. On liquid coins like BTC and ETH the gap is usually small.

Heat is a relative 0–100 score blending each coin's share of 24-hour RM turnover on Luno (60%) with the size of its 24-hour price move (40%). It measures activity and attention among Malaysian traders — not quality. A high heat score is never a buy signal.

Yes. Rates.my is completely free and needs no sign-up. We are an independent Malaysian information site — not an exchange or broker — and the prices come from Luno's publicly documented market data, which we are not paid to publish. In the interest of full disclosure: the editor's personal Luno sign-up link on this page is a referral link that may earn a reward if you use it. Nothing on this page is ranked or ordered by any commercial relationship, and you can always verify prices in your own Luno app before trading.