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

The KPK is responding to the evolving nature of asset storage, one form of which is crypto. The commission has dispatched its staff to learn about crypto.

“We have already sent many staff or provided education, giving opportunities especially at the Enforcement Deputyship, then at the Information and Data Deputyship, as well as other deputyships or work units to take part in training,” said KPK Chairman Setyo Budiyanto during a press conference on the KPK’s first-half 2026 performance at the KPK building in South Jakarta on Thursday (30/7/2026).

The training ranges from short to intermediate level, aimed at understanding changes in the financial services sector. Setyo noted that many of the cases investigated by the KPK involve new methods of storing money.

“Because often in some cases, the way assets are stored, the way money is kept, is no longer done conventionally,” he said.

“It is no longer done through conventional storage models, whether in safe deposit boxes or through banking or the financial services sector, but using new methods through crypto,” he added.

With such training, it is hoped that KPK investigators will not fall behind in investigating a case, including probing digital assets such as crypto.

“The hope is that with this understanding, no one falls behind. At the Enforcement Deputyship, everyone will be up to date when facing or addressing cases related to such matters,” he said.