Indodax Welcomes Government Directive On Utilizing Metaverse Technology In Indonesia

Blockchain industry players agree that metaverse can increase business activity opportunities (photo: Indodax)

JAKARTA - Some time ago, the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno, gave a positive response regarding the potential for the metaverse in Indonesia, which according to him is large enough to increase business activity opportunities so that it can open up new job opportunities, although it must be worked on carefully.

Technological developments in the world occur very massively, one of which is regarding the development of the metaverse. Metaverse technology is getting more and more popular at the end of 2021, especially after the giant company in the technology field, namely Facebook, changed its name to Meta. Not only companies, the state also uses Metaverse technology for government purposes, as has been done by the state of Barbados.

One of the players in the blockchain and crypto industry in Indonesia, as well as the CEO of Indodax, Oscar Darmawan welcomed this. Oscar feels that the development of the metaverse is an important issue that will certainly provide opportunities for technological advancement for Indonesia in the future.

"We are ready to take advantage of this opportunity. There are many things we are ready to do to welcome. One of them is educating about blockchain as a technology that supports this and of course education about the metaverse," explained Oscar Darmawan, in a press release.

As the founder of the original Indonesian crypto exchange platform, Oscar also believes that other blockchain developers are also ready to develop the metaverse according to the government's direction. He also hopes that the government will determine a road map and other stimulus.

“We are ready to collaborate with any party to build, develop and strengthen this ecosystem. Indodax supports it by providing education to the general public like what Indodax has done so far. We also hope that the government can collaborate and support the implementation of this by providing clear regulations and adequate infrastructure support," concluded Oscar.

Oscar also added that blockchain, such as metaverse and NFT, are commonplace in society. However, it would be very unfortunate if people only knew about crypto or NFT because of the hype that had happened recently.

Even though the crypto world is very wide. People can get to know blockchain technology that supports crypto trading activities, NFT, Metaverse, DeFi which will certainly have a lot of positive impacts if explored and developed further. Metaverse is a new technology that can take people into the virtual world. This certainly makes it easier for many people and industries, especially the creative industry.

"Because indeed, this metaverse will have use cases that can be useful for various industries, although at this time, the well-known metaverse use cases are only limited to the gaming field," concluded Oscar.