Binance Invests in Major Indonesia Crypto Exchange Tokocrypto

Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance is cementing its presence in Indonesia, announcing an investment in a major domestic regulated exchange Tokocrypto on May 12.

In 2019, Tokocrypto reportedly became the first Indonesia crypto exchange to seal regulatory approval from the country’s Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency, also known as Bappebti.

Registration with the agency has been mandatory as of February 2020 for any platform seeking to legally offer cryptocurrency trading services. To secure approval, service providers must be able to prove they have risk control management, security and transaction systems in place. 

While the sum of Binance’s investment in Tokocrypto has not been disclosed, the funding will ostensibly be used to diversify new products and services on the platform and make technological improvements, as well as to pursue nationwide expansion and roll out blockchain education initiatives across the region.

Ahead of Binance’s investment, Singapore-based…