Asset Storage Grows More Sophisticated, KPK Sends Staff to Study Cryptocurrency

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has responded to the evolving methods of asset storage by sending its employees to study cryptocurrency. KPK Chairman Setyo Budiyanto stated during a press conference on the agency’s first-semester 2026 performance that personnel, particularly from the Enforcement Deputy and the Information and Data Deputy, have been dispatched for training. “We have sent many to attend training, providing opportunities especially for those in the Enforcement Deputy, the Information and Data Deputy, and other work units,” he said at the KPK building in South Jakarta on Thursday. He explained that the training ranges from short courses to intermediate levels, aimed at understanding changes in the financial services sector. Setyo noted that the KPK is increasingly encountering cases where perpetrators use unconventional methods to store assets. “Often, the methods of storing assets or money are no longer conventional,” he said. “They are not using safe deposit boxes or traditional banking methods anymore, but are instead using cryptocurrency.” With this training, the KPK hopes its investigators will not be left behind when handling cases involving digital assets.