2024-08-16
The Head of the Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency (Bappebti) of Indonesia issued Regulation No. 8 of 2024, which amends previous guidelines on physical crypto asset trading at futures exchanges. This regulation mandates that prospective physical crypto asset traders must obtain final approval from Bappebti by October 16, 2024, or face the cancellation of their candidate registration. The regulation also clarifies that once exchanges and clearing houses receive approval, prospective traders must apply directly for final approval rather than seeking candidate registration.
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING REGULATORY AGENCY REGULATION NUMBER 8 OF 2024 CONCERNING THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING REGULATORY AGENCY REGULATION NUMBER 8 OF 2021 CONCERNING GUIDELINES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PHYSICAL MARKET TRADING OF CRYPTO ASSETS (CRYPTO ASSET) AT FUTURES EXCHANGES
BY THE GRACE OF THE MOST HIGH GOD, HEAD OF THE COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING REGULATORY AGENCY REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA,
Considering: a. that in view of the growth and development of the Physical Market Trading of Crypto Assets in Indonesia, and to provide legal certainty and protection for the public in transacting Crypto Assets, including encouraging the formation of trusted and reliable institutions in the implementation of the physical market for crypto assets (crypto asset) at Futures Exchanges, it is necessary to adjust the regulations governing the guidelines for the implementation of physical market trading of Crypto Assets at Futures Exchanges; b. that based on the considerations as referred to in letter a, it is necessary to amend the Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency Regulation Number 8 of 2021 concerning Guidelines for the Implementation of Physical Market Trading of Crypto Assets (Crypto Asset) at Futures Exchanges, as amended by the Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency Regulation Number 13 of 2022 concerning Amendment to the Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency Regulation Number 8 of 2021 concerning Guidelines for the Implementation of Physical Market Trading of Crypto Assets (Crypto Asset) at Futures Exchanges;
Recalling:
DECIDES: Establishing: COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING REGULATORY AGENCY REGULATION CONCERNING THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING REGULATORY AGENCY REGULATION NUMBER 8 OF 2021 CONCERNING GUIDELINES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PHYSICAL MARKET TRADING OF CRYPTO ASSETS (CRYPTO ASSET) AT FUTURES EXCHANGES.
Article I The provision in paragraph (2) of Article 42 in the Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency Regulation Number 8 of 2021 concerning Guidelines for the Implementation of Physical Market Trading of Crypto Assets (Crypto Asset) at Futures Exchanges, as amended by the Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency Regulation Number 13 of 2022 concerning Amendment to the Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency Regulation Number 8 of 2021 concerning Guidelines for the Implementation of Physical Market Trading of Crypto Assets (Crypto Asset) at Futures Exchanges, is amended, so that it reads as follows:
Article 42 (1) Prospective Physical Crypto Asset Traders who have obtained a candidate trader registration certificate must submit an application for approval as a Physical Crypto Asset Trader to Bappebti no later than 1 (one) month since the Futures Exchange and Futures Clearing House receive approval from the Head of Bappebti. (2) Prospective Physical Crypto Asset Traders must meet the requirements and obtain approval as a Physical Crypto Asset Trader no later than October 16, 2024. (3) In the event that a Prospective Physical Crypto Asset Trader does not submit an application as referred to in paragraph (1) and does not obtain approval as a Physical Crypto Asset Trader by the deadline specified in paragraph (2), the candidate trader registration certificate is cancelled and becomes invalid. (4) In the event that the Futures Exchange and Futures Clearing House have received approval from the Head of Bappebti, the provision for submitting a registration application to Bappebti to obtain a certificate as a candidate Physical Crypto Asset Trader does not apply, and they must directly apply for approval as a Physical Crypto Asset Trader.
Article II This Regulation shall enter into force on the date of establishment.
Established in Jakarta on August 4, 2024 HEAD OF THE COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING REGULATORY AGENCY REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA,
Signed, KASAN
A copy is consistent with the original COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING REGULATORY AGENCY, Head of the Regulatory Bureau