Thai Stock Exchange Launching Digital Asset Trading in H2, Cryptos Excluded

The Stock Exchange of Thailand is getting ready to launch a digital asset exchange. The president of the Thai bourse expects the country’s crypto regulator, the Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), to approve the launch “very soon.” Stock Exchange of Thailand Prepares to Launch a Digital Asset Exchange The president of the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), Dr. Pakorn Peetathawatchai, discussed the SET’s upcoming digital asset exchange in an interview with Bloomberg, published Sunday. He explained: We expect that our regulator, the SEC, will give an....

The SET announced its digital asset exchange early last year, originally planning to avoid cryptocurrencies. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) is looking at launching a new digital asset exchange integrated with the cryptocurrency market, according to president Pakorn Peetathawatchai.The SET is expecting to launch its own digital asset exchange in 2022, planning to enable new exposure options like investment tokens and utility tokens, Peetathawatchai said in a Bloomberg interview on Sunday.While the SET’s upcoming digital asset exchange will not be directly related to crypto markets,....

Thai SEC and the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority are the latest regulators to join the global scrutiny against Binance. Binance, the leading cryptocurrency exchange by trade volume, continues facing scrutiny from regulators regarding the legality of its operations in certain countries.Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) are the latest financial regulators to announce a regulatory crackdown on Binance.Thai SEC announced Friday that the agency had filed a criminal complaint against Binance, launching a criminal procedure and....

Securities firms in Thailand are now authorized to count crypto as capital funds. Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission has revised its net capital rules regarding digital assets.According to a Nov. 18 report by The Bangkok Post, the Thai SEC now allows firms dealing with digital assets to include the value of those assets when calculating their net capital funds. The new rules follow a surge in volumes on Thai exchanges. The Bangkok Post states that, following the United States presidential election, the Stock Exchange of Thailand saw one-day trading value hit $5.5 billion while....

Thailand’s securities regulator recently said it had referred digital asset service provider Zipmex and its Thai unit chief executive officer, Akalarp Yimwilai, to a technology crime division of the Royal Thai Police. The regulator said it made decision after Yimwilai and his company failed to comply with the request to furnish an official with information relating to customers’ digital wallets. Zipmex Fails to Share Details on Transfers and Withdrawals on Its Platform Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (TSEC) said it has referred Zipmex and the....