1 in 9 Indonesians Now Own Cryptocurrency, Report
About 11% of all Indonesians own some form of cryptocurrency, according to a recent report by Hootsuite, which cited GlobalWebIndex. 11% of Indonesians Own Cryptocurrency as Fiat...
Indonesia Trains Lawyers In Crypto Crime As Bitcoin Ban Continues
One of the few countries in the world to ban Bitcoin and cryptocurrency outright has conducted multinational training on crypto crime prevention. Eight Countries Meet For Legal...
Facebook Faces Fresh EU Scrutiny As WhatsApp Edges Closer To Mobile Payments
The European Union is actively probing Facebook’s Libra digital currency project for competition law violations, mainstream media report. Facebook’s Libra Has ‘Potential...
Indonesia Follows Venezuela With Giant Localbitcoins Bitcoin Trading Surge
Indonesia Bitcoin traders have fled cryptocurrency exchanges to Localbitcoins in the week the government enacted anti-money laundering regulations for the industry. Volume Up 300...
Indonesia Officially Recognizes Bitcoin as a Commodity
Regulators in Indonesia have finally recognized Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as commodities, thus providing legal backing for trading virtual currencies. Consequently...
Indonesian Bitcoin Traders Protest BTC Futures Capital Requirements
Bitcoin traders in Indonesia are protesting what they call excessive capital requirements imposed by the government on cryptocurrency futures trading. The aggrieved brokers say the...
Indonesia’s First Unicorn Go-Jek Buys Bitcoin Startup
Indonesian multi-platform behemoth, Go-Jek, recently acquired Philippine-based Cryptocurrency payment company, Coins.ph. Reports indicate the move allows Go-Jek to expand its cashless...
Indonesia Legitimizes Cryptocurrencies, Classifying Them as Commodities
Indonesia’s Trade Ministry Futures Exchange Supervisory Board (Bappebti) has ruled that cryptocurrencies will be future trading subjects or commodities at the country’s...
TRON Enters Indonesia, Claims Superiority Over Ethereum
TRON (TRX), the tenth largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, will begin trading on Indonesia’s largest cryptocurrency exchange on June 4. The project’s founder...
People Warned to Sell Bitcoin in Face of Looming Ban in Indonesia
Holders of cryptocurrency in Indonesia are being warned to sell of their digital assets as Bank Indonesia is set to ban Bitcoin on behalf of the government sometime in 2018. While...
CashCow ICO Looks To Boost Indonesian Cattle Farmers’ Profits
Hong Kong based Bitcoin Entrepreneur James Bang announces CashCow ICO designed to increase Indonesian cattle farmers’ profits from the sale of their cows from 20% to 33%. The...
Bitx Takes It’s Bitcoin Services to Indonesia
Indonesia is one of Asia’s economic powerhouses and has the fourth largest population in the world. The country’s consistent growth over the years, coupled with its larger number...