Bitcoin

Indonesia is a major commodity producer (palm oil, coal, nickel, tin, copper) and a rapidly growing crypto market. Persistent haze and wildfires can disrupt logistics, energy, and commodity supply chains, feeding into inflation and emerging-market currency stress. That can accelerate local crypto adoption as a hedge, but it also raises regulatory attention and operational risk for exchanges and miners in the region.

The BBC is reporting from central Kalimantan, Indonesia, where toxic haze from wildfires is affecting millions of residents.