Indonesia has taken a new step to tighten oversight of the cryptocurrency sector by imposing mandatory certification requirements on financial influencers who promote digital assets on social media, as part of a growing global trend toward regulating digital financial content and protecting individual investors.

The Indonesian Financial Services Authority issued Regulation No. 6 of 2026, which requires anyone who provides recommendations related to cryptocurrencies or digital financial assets to obtain an accredited competency certificate, unless they already hold an official license covering this activity. This comes at a time when Indonesia is expanding its regulation of the digital asset market as reliance on electronic trading grows.
The new regulation limits influencers’ activity by promotion