Bank Indonesia Prepares to Issue Digital Rupiah as Legal Tender for Digital P...
The central bank of Indonesia is working to issue a wholesale digital rupiah. The new currency is meant to be the only legal tender for digital transactions in the country while the regulator also wants to ensure that it will be exchangeable across borders. Digital Rupiah Concept Expected by Year End Indonesia’s monetary authority is advancing with a project to issue a digital version of the national fiat for wholesale transactions. It plans to release the conceptual design of the future digital rupiah by the end of 2022, Governor Perry Warjiyo revealed in a briefing on....
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After banning crypto payments back in 2017, Indonesia is looking to allow payments in a digital rupiah currency. The Bank of Indonesia is one of the latest global central banks to announce state digital currency plans amid a major spike in the country’s digital payments.Governor Perry Warjiyo said Tuesday that Indonesia’s central bank is planning to launch a digital rupiah currency as a legal payment instrument in Indonesia, Reuters reports.The official noted that the rupiah is the only legally accepted currency for payment in the country so far, and BI will be looking to regulate a....
The deputy governor of Indonesia's central bank has said using bitcoin breaks a number of the country's laws, news portal Kontan reported (in Bahasa Indonesia). He urged Indonesians to be cautious when dealing with payments in general. Ronald Waas, the deputy governor, said using bitcoin in Indonesia contravened rules set out by Bank Indonesia, information and electronic transactions laws and currency laws. Kontan's piece also noted that Indonesia's currency laws state only the rupiah is legal tender. "Using bitcoin for payments breaks these laws," Ronald was quoted as saying. The Kontan....
A task force in Nepal has proposed legal changes allowing the country’s central bank to issue its own digital currency. The move comes after a study indicated that such an initiative is feasible and recommended certain provisions that would authorize the regulator to proceed with its realization.
Nepal Central Bank Prepares Legal Ground for National Digital Currency
The Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) is ready with revisions to the law determining its powers and responsibilities that would allow the monetary authority to issue a digital version of the country’s fiat....
The last time we heard from Indonesia's Central Bank, they were issuing a firm warning - noting that the use of bitcoin was in violation of some laws. Bank Indonesia (BI) has now issued another statement on bitcoin, on that could perhaps be considered more neutral: Noting the Law no. 7 of 2011 on Currency and the Law. 23 of 1999 which was amended several times, most recently by Act No.. 6 In 2009, Bank Indonesia stated that the virtual currency Bitcoin and other not constitute currency or legal tender in Indonesia. People are encouraged to be careful of Bitcoin and other virtual currency.....
The statement from Bank Indonesia was rather neutral. Photo via F H Mira. Bank Indonesia, the Indonesian central bank, has released a statement on Bitcoin, but it doesn't really tell us much about what the central bank officials think of the digital currency. Ignoring the fact that it is routinely referred to as a "virtual currency", it seems that all the central bank has decided to do for now is declare that the digital currency is not legally recognized as money or legal tender. This means that certain consumer protection laws do not apply to Bitcoin, and the people of Indonesia need to....