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Latest Reports Cryptocurrency
Analysts feel that the cryptocurrency market in Indonesia can get a wave of fresh air now that the supervision of crypto trading in Indonesia was transferred from the Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency (Bappebti) to Indonesia's central bank (Bank Indonesia) and the Financial Services Authority (OJK) per 10 January 2025.
On Monday (8.11.2021) Indonesia Investments released its October 2021 report. This report discusses a range of subjects - related to political developments, the economy and social matters - that were influential in Indonesia in the month of October 2021.
Over the past decade, cryptocurrency has increasingly become a hot topic in global media with Bitcoin – the first cryptocurrency, and the one that has become the most valuable and commonly held among the more than 10,000 cryptocurrencies that are traded publicly – in particular being in the spotlight.
Bank Indonesia, the central bank of Indonesia, again emphasized that it will sanction those payment system operators and financial technology operators in Indonesia (both bank and non-bank institutions) that facilitate transactions using virtual currency, such as the Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dash, Litecoin and Ripple (also known as cryptocurrencies).
The central bank of Indonesia (Bank Indonesia) will soon issue a new regulation in which it bans the use of bitcoin for domestic payments starting from 2018. Bitcoin is a (virtual) digital currency that is traded at cryptocurrency exchanges for fiat currencies. According to Bank Indonesia, however, the use of bitcoin undermines the sovereignty of the Indonesian rupiah.
Latest Columns Cryptocurrency
Crypto no longer a niche technology but an influential component of modern Forex trading. Conventional Forex markets are based on fiat pairs such as USD/EUR or GBP/JPY. However, the advent of digital currencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other altcoins has created many opportunities in decentralized technologies.
Let’s simply put it this way to start: we spend a currency to purchase things in daily life, whereas when it comes to commodities, we treat them as valuable goods, sometimes even as investment assets. But when it comes to cryptocurrencies, things get very interesting, because although they are currencies in nature, they may have a different perception.
Indonesia has become the country with the fifth-highest number of degenerate cryptocurrency investors. Degenerate investors are those who invest in high-risk, speculative crypto opportunities, albeit for relatively small investments.
Investing and trading have gone from the relatively quiet and secretive activities of those with the wealth to do it to something that anybody can do with a bit of their savings. Whether they can do it successfully is another question altogether.
Asia has a reputation for pushing the boundaries. Some parts of the world see countries like Japan as “living in the future” with the kind of tech that they incorporate into daily life. Manufacturing is a huge industry but this is just one example, and there are loads of others – don’t forget about things like service industries.
Investing in cryptocurrencies is no longer uncommon in Indonesia. There are many brokers assisting in the buying and selling of traditional assets such as shares and mutual funds who now also offer services related to crypto.
There currently are some major concerns over an international banking crisis after three American banks collapsed in March 2023 (Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and Silvergate Bank; all catering largely to the tech sector), while it necessitated an acquisition by rival UBS to prevent Switzerland-based global investment bank Credit Suisse from collapsing. This brings back the haunting memories of the 2008 financial crisis.
Bitcoin has been around since early 2009. Its popularity has increased, and many other similar assets have been launched. You have likely heard of this new class of assets, and you are considering embracing it.
In 2021, there were more than 300 million crypto users globally. Nearly 20,000 businesses are already accepting cryptocurrency, and the numbers are growing expediently.
When writing this introduction, the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (also known as COP26) had just started in Glasgow (Scotland). Indonesian President Joko Widodo is among the delegates who is slated to speech about the importance of preventing – and adapting to – climate change, and to seek ways to obtain climate financing as Indonesia is unable to finance the huge and costly energy transition by itself.
