JOKOWI, the President of Indonesia raises the voice of Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency which is getting more and more discussed. Jokowi gave his comments while attending the University of Indonesia natalist event today in Depok, West Java.
The president from Solo said that the development of digital technology in the world is growing more rapidly. Jokowi said, "Such an advanced robotic can take over the role of human beings, as well as artificial intelligence, and the growing virtual reality. Then blockchain and cryptocurrency, a currency without a central bank that is now busy being fought over by many, "he said.
Likewise with the development of biotechnology technology-based science, synthetic biology, edit dna and technology that allows the cure of disease to be more aware and cheap.
Associated with the development of the era that passed so fast, Jokowi asked Indonesia should be ready to face the development. According to him, the current technological developments have an impact on the national economy.
"The development of these technologies greatly affect the economic landscape, socio-cultural, political, national and even international", said jokowi.
boldCrypto Regulation in Indonesia Still not clear.
So far, the wrestling of issues about the regulation of the crypto world like bitcoin and other crypto is still running confusingly. Explicitly in BI's press release some time ago, it does provide a special prohibition for the use of Bitcoin as a medium of exchange.
While on the other hand, the BI is also still trying to review the use of digital currency plan. This was revealed through the Head of Bank Indonesia Payment System Policy Department, Onny Widjanarko, at a press conference held by BI on Wednesday.
On that occasion Onny said that so far there has been no plan of trial or publish digital currency. According to him, the BI still need a lot to see the implications that can be generated when later published, both to monetary, financial, and for the payment system.
However, Onny explained that the digital currency is not the bitcoin that talked about. He said that the central bank wants to create a digital currency instead of a virtual currency. According to him, the two things about digital currency and virtual currency are considered different instruments.
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