The circulation of virtual currency bitcoin will be issued on Monday (4/12/2017) the next. This was revealed by the Executive Director of the Development of the Access to Finance and small and medium macro entrepreneurs the central bank's Eni Vimaladewi Panggabean.
Eni said that the regulation is included in the industrial economy that uses technology (Financial Technology/Fintech) which was signed on Wednesday night (29/11/2017). In a regulation would openly said the transaction using bitcoin is not recognized the state (illegal), well done by an institution or individual.
If in practice, there is no indication of transactions using bitcoin by the bank, it will be given harsh penalties. However, Eni was not detailing harsh penalties to be charged. “I wonder if there are any payment gateway that uses bitcoin, it was closed due to permit it to the central bank,” said Eni in Depok on Thursday (30/11/2017).