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Five Thailand exchanges get the green light

Thailand’s (long) journey to regulate the crypto sector continues.

After announcing a set of rules on ICOs, the Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published the names of the first seven crypto companies authorized to operate legally in Thailand.

Of these seven, five are exchanges and two are retailers.

The names

The two retailers are Coins TH Co. Ltd. and Digital Coin Limited (Thai WM) while the exchanges are Bitcoin Co. Ltd. (BX), Bitkub Online Co. Cash2coins Co. Ltd., Satang Corporation (Tdax) and Coin Asset.

Rapee Sucharitakul, secretary general of the Thai SEC, wanted to emphasize that although the government’s intentions are oriented towards a controlled and regulated sector to avoid fraud, it is up to the users that trade in the crypto world to make sure that the operator or exchange where they trade is compliant with the Thai regulatory framework.

The roadmap

The first measures taken by the government to regulate the sector, date back to May.

It was the 14th of the month when, Thai Minister of Finance, Apisak Tantivorawong, said that cryptocurrencies were officially catalogued as “digital assets and tokens” conforming to the normative jurisdiction.

It was the same representative of the Department who indicated since then the willingness to support Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), provided that they had been previously approved by the control authorities.

The following week (May 22) the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) issued communications to regulate both cryptocurrency activities and the ICOs themselves.

Cryptocurrencies and ICOs

These were a series of regulations that imposed the collection of funds only in Thai Baht and in cryptocurrencies authorized by the SEC (an initial filter that made it possible to exclude those suspected of money laundering) while, on the ICO front, the projects presented had to adhere to the KYC and anti-money laundering standards.

The details, announced in July, required the obligation of periodic checks by the control authorities and the presentation of business plans that highlight the objective of the project consistent with the type of token issued.

Moreover, payments were to be made only through the seven cryptocurrencies already approved by the authorities (bitcoin, ethereum, ripple, bitcoin cash, ethereum classic, stellar and litecoin) or, alternatively, in Thai Baht.

Rossana Prezioso
Rossana Prezioso
Passionate about the new frontiers of online publishing, she decided to further deepen her knowledge by dedicating herself to the study of cultural and economic changes derived from the emergence of hi-tech finance, developing the themes concerning new business models related to it and the geopolitical influences of the new cryptocurrency economy.
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