Indonesia Opens Opportunity for Crypto to Connect with Real-World Investments
Indonesia is preparing the Indonesia International Financial Center (PFII) as a global-standard financial hub designed to attract international capital while connecting it with investment opportunities in the real economy. Within this ecosystem, digital assets, including crypto, will be among the instruments given room to participate.
Executive Director of the National Economic Council (DEN), Pantro Pander Silitonga, said the digital asset industry could take part in PFII’s development, either as asset issuers, exchange operators, or investors.
“We want to invite all types of emerging assets, including crypto, to become part of this ecosystem,” Pantro said during his remarks at Coinfest Asia 2026 in Bali on August 20–21, 2026.
The inclusion of digital assets in PFII indicates that crypto will be positioned as part of a broader financial ecosystem. PFII itself is designed to cover various activities, ranging from banking, insurance, capital markets, venture capital, private equity, family offices, investment management, gold trading, derivatives, and commodities.
Within this scope, PFII will also include digital assets, exchanges, and over-the-counter (OTC) markets.
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Digital Assets Become Part of PFII’s Financial Infrastructure
Financial activities within PFII will be supervised by the PFII Financial Services Supervisory Authority (LPJK PFII).
The institution will have authority over licensing, supervision, consumer protection, and the implementation of administrative sanctions for financial activities operating within the PFII area.
Pantro also said PFII will provide room for various investment structures commonly used in international financial centers.
“You can use SPVs, trusts, alternative investment funds, and various types of digital assets. Today, there are many things we can do,” he said.
Through this structure, digital assets will operate within the same ecosystem as various investment vehicles and financial products aimed at attracting international capital.
PFII Is More Than Just a Place to Store Capital
Although PFII will offer various financial activities, DEN emphasized that the initiative is not designed merely as a place for global investors to store or manage their wealth.
PFII is also intended to become a gateway for international capital to flow into productive investments in Indonesia.
“We are not only talking about a place to store funds, but also a place where investors can gain real investment returns and bring long-term capital into the country,” Pantro said.
Under this framework, Danantara Indonesia could act as both a co-investor and a “navigator” for global investors seeking investment opportunities across various sectors in Indonesia.
DEN and Danantara have mapped investment opportunities across eight sectors, including waste-to-energy, food and agriculture, aircraft leasing, critical minerals, renewable energy, digital infrastructure, hospitality and tourism, as well as private credit.
Several identified opportunities include 29 waste-to-energy projects, solar power development and transmission networks to Singapore, data center platforms in Indonesia, integrated nickel mining assets, aircraft leasing, premium tourism assets in Labuan Bajo, and private credit financing for renewable energy, healthcare, education, and mining sectors.
For the renewable energy sector, planned projects include infrastructure development to supply approximately 3.4 GW of low-carbon electricity to Singapore by 2035.
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Crypto Becomes Part of the Strategy to Attract Global Capital
The inclusion of digital assets within PFII’s scope positions crypto as part of a broader strategy to build an international financial ecosystem in Indonesia.
However, Pantro’s presentation did not specify whether crypto assets would be directly used to finance real-world sector projects.
What is clear from PFII’s current framework is that digital assets will exist within the same ecosystem as various financial instruments, investment structures, and activities designed to attract global capital into Indonesia.
PFII received its legal foundation after the law establishing the initiative was passed by the House of Representatives on July 21, 2026. Jakarta has been designated as the initial location of the financial center, while Bali remains one of the regions being considered for further development.
The government is also preparing several facilities to make PFII more competitive in attracting international capital. These include legal certainty, specialized courts and arbitration institutions, streamlined licensing processes, immigration facilities including golden visas, and various tax incentives for eligible activities.
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