Indonesia’s trading regulator approves trade Bitcoin, Ethereum, Cardano, but not…

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Crypto-trading in Southeast Asia can range from commonplace to a religious crime. However, investors in Indonesia could soon trade cryptocurrencies – legally.

On 30 January, CNBC Indonesia reported that the country’s trading regulator – the Commodity Futures Trading Supervisory Agency (CoFTRA) – has issued a permit to trade digital currencies/crypto within the country. What’s more, over 200 cryptos have been approved for the same.

Some of the approved coins include Bitcoin [BTC], Ethereum [ETH], Tether [USDT], XRP, Binance Coin [BNB], Polkadot [DOT], Chainlink [LINK], USD Coin [USDC], Solana [SOL], and Cardano [ADA].

However, there is a catch. While 229 cryptocurrencies successfully made it to the list of approved assets, Indonesia’s CoFTRA reportedly wants the unapproved coins to be delisted for customers’ safety.

While Dogecoin [DOGE] got the green light, Shiba Inu [SHIB] did not make the cut, according to the reported list.

In order to decide which cryptos Indonesians would be allowed to trade, CoFTRA reportedly looked at metrics including the asset’s market cap, its score on Coin Market Cap, and its own regulations. Other essential factors included the cryptos’ security, scalability, the founding team, blockchain governance, and a verifiable roadmap.

According to a translation, CNBC Indonesia quoted a CoFTRA official who said,

“With the issuance of the CoFTRA regulation, it is hoped that physical trading of crypto assets in Indonesia will be able to provide legal certainty as well as protection for people who transact physical crypto assets in Indonesia.”

The announcement comes days after Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority (OJK) prohibited financial institutions from participating in the trade of crypto-assets.

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