How to Trade iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (EWY) in Indonesia

Getting iShares MSCI South Korea ETF exposure from Indonesia takes a wallet and USDC; the legal status and rail-by-rail detail follow.

Is iShares MSCI South Korea ETF trading legal in Indonesia?

Indonesia treats crypto as a tradable financial asset, and it regulates the venue. Supervision of digital financial assets including crypto moved from the commodity-futures regulator Bappebti to the financial services authority OJK: the handover was signed on 10 January 2025, the same date POJK No. 27 of 2024 took effect. Under that regime a Penyelenggara Perdagangan Aset Keuangan Digital is licensed by OJK, and it is forbidden to trade any digital financial asset that is not on the list (Daftar Aset Keuangan Digital) fixed by the exchange — so what a resident can legally trade is a bounded list on a licensed venue.

What the contract is

A perpetual on EWY tracks price and does not confer ownership of the underlying — the same contract mechanics apply in every jurisdiction; what differs by country is legal status and funding rails.

Sign up on Canborsa with email, X or a wallet

No document upload to open the account. Canborsa is non-custodial: your collateral stays under your own keys until a position opens.

Email X Wallet

Fund the account with USDC

Deposit USDC over Canton, Robinhood Chain, Ethereum, Base, BNB Chain or Arbitrum. Canborsa takes no fiat, so buying the USDC happens wherever you normally buy stablecoins.

→Robinhood Chain

Open EWY-PERP

Pick EWY in the markets list. The ticket shows the live price, the current funding rate and max leverage 10x .

EWY-PERPPerpetual · USDC marginLONG

Choose Buy / Long, then set size and leverage

Buying $1,000 of EWY at 5x uses $200 of collateral. Higher leverage moves the liquidation price closer to your entry: your exposure is the position size, whatever margin you posted. Set a stop-loss below your entry before you walk away.

Sellers of crypto assets in Indonesia pay a final income tax under Article 22 at 0.21% of the transaction value.

Trading iShares MSCI South Korea ETF from Indonesia: legal.

Indonesia traders can fund iShares MSCI South Korea ETF positions using Bank Transfer, QRIS (QR code payment) and Mobile Money (DANA).

11 platforms serve Indonesia for iShares MSCI South Korea ETF trading, among them ApeX, Aster and Avantis.

On Canborsa, traders in Indonesia can use up to 10x leverage on iShares MSCI South Korea ETF.

Canborsa charges 0.07% per side (0.14% round trip) on iShares MSCI South Korea ETF.