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Indonesia OJK Expands Crypto Platform Oversight with Mandatory Suspicious Transaction Reporting

Indonesia's Financial Services Authority (OJK) has expanded oversight of crypto platforms, now requiring mandatory reporting of suspicious transactions. The regulatory transfer from Bappebti to OJK consolidates crypto supervision under financial services framework, aligning Indonesia with regional regulatory standards in Singapore and Hong Kong.

Medium impact🇮🇩 IndonesiaRegulationExchangeBTCETHUSDT

APAC FINSTAB analysis

For APAC operators, this creates a medium-impact signal around regulation, exchange in Indonesia. Protocols/assets in scope: BTC, ETH, USDT. Teams should monitor the original source, map the change to licensing, custody, disclosure, and market-access obligations, and update their jurisdiction playbooks before the next compliance review.

Compliance read-through: map this event to entity licensing, market-access, custody, disclosure, token listing, and operational-risk obligations before expanding or marketing in the affected jurisdiction.

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