JAKARTA - Investing in any asset certainly requires good information before deciding to set aside some money or income. It is the same with investing in crypto assets, a digital asset whose existence is currently an attraction for society, of course, education, literacy, and complete information about cryptocurrencies, blockchain technology, industrial development, to how to invest properly is needed by the public.

The Minister of Trade (Mendag) of the Republic of Indonesia Zulkifli Hasan at the opening ceremony of the 2023 Crypto Asset Literacy Month held by the Trade Supervisory Agency in synergy with the Indonesian Crypto Asset Trading Association (ASPAKRINDO) emphasized the importance of good literacy regarding crypto asset investment.

"Investing in crypto assets contains a fairly high risk. As a matter of nature, the value of crypto assets is very volatile, it could have increased or decreased a very drastic value in a short period of time. For this reason, a good understanding is needed for the public, including the benefits, potential, and risks of trading crypto assets," said Zulkifli, in his statement, Thursday, February 23.

PT Pintu Kemanaja with the gateway brand, buying and selling platform and investing in crypto assets is committed to continuing to provide education and literacy to its users. For this reason, Pintu launched a new feature, namely Class' at Pintu Academy, a feature that provides information to add and improve knowledge about crypto and blockchain.

Chief Marketing Officer PINTU Timothius Martin mengungkapkan, “Fitur “Kelas” di Pintu Academy merupakan fitur yang dikembangkan untuk memberikan informasi lengkap seputar crypto dan blockchain bagi user PINTU maupun investor, yang baru ingin terjun ke dunia crypto dan blockchain. Fitur “Kelas” Pintu Academy menerapkan pembelajaran materi berbasis kurikulum untuk pelatihan mandiri dengan durasi pembelajaran setiap materinya kurang dari satu jam. Seluruhnya bisa diakses secara gratis melalui aplikasi PINTU atau di website https://pintu.co.id/academy/class.

"We are committed to increasing education, literacy, and a good understanding for investors towards investing in crypto assets in Indonesia. The increasing number of crypto investors needs to be balanced with proper education, so that it can give birth to investors who have very broad and deep knowledge, and can become investors responsible and avoid various risks. So that in the future crypto investors in Indonesia will continue to grow carefully, "explained Timo.

Quoted from data released by the Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency (CoFTRA), until the end of November 2022 there were 16.55 million crypto asset investors in Indonesia. Where there is an increase of 48.7 percent from 2021 which has only reached 11.2 million. According to CoFTRA, crypto asset investors in Indonesia are dominated by millennials aged between 18 and 30 years.

"The ease of access to investing in crypto makes this asset very attractive to the people of Indonesia. You could say, the presence of crypto digital assets encourages the younger generation to start investing. As an exchange, we are responsible for providing quality educational facilities to be utilized by many people. We provide the Classes'' feature by prioritizing the fun experience of cryptocurrency learning and blockchain technology. We believe that with the various developments and innovations presented, Pintu Academy can be the number one feature in Indonesia to encourage increased literacy about crypto & blockchain, "concluded Timo.


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