Central Bank Indonesia to launch government bond-backed digital shield CBDC

 Perry Warjiyo, Governor of the Indonesian Central Bank, announced at the "Indonesian Digital Financial Economy Festival and Financial Technology Summit 2025" held in Jakarta that the central bank plans to issue digital central bank securities, which are tokenized versions of government bonds, based on the country's central bank digital currency. Warjiyo stated: "We will issue Indonesian central bank securities in digital form - a digital shield backed by government bonds, which is Indonesia's national version of stablecoin." This move is seen as an important step in integrating blockchain technology into Indonesia's monetary system.