#Thailand News

Thai SEC Warns Crypto Traders About Bogus Investment Scam

August 25, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Finance

Thai financial watchdog, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), recently warned the public about a new form of investing scam, in which a bogus entity, masquerading as a regulated legal digital currency trading firm solicits traders into investing with it. This, according to a report by the Bangkok Post, August...

Thai Government to Integrate DLT, A.I and Emerging Technologies into the Digital Economy

August 12, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Blockchain

In a bid to improve the income, quality of life, and competitiveness of ordinary people in the society, Thailand's Digital Economy and Society Ministry (DE) intends to use innovative technologies like blockchain in developing mobile applications and e-commerce solutions over the next three months, reports Bangkok Post on August 11,...

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Thai Financial Watchdog Declares war on Crypto-Fueled Money Laundering

August 5, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Regulation

Pol Maj Gen Preecha Charoensahayanon, the acting secretary-general of Thailand's Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) believes Bitcoin and altcoins are a serious threat to the agency. As such, AMLO has pledged to prioritize the discovery of new hideouts for illegally obtained fiat converted to cryptoassets, according to a Bangkok Post report...

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Huobi Licensed to Launch Fiat-to-Crypto Exchange in Thailand

July 26, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Finance

Huobi Group, a leading Singapore-based digital assets exchange has announced that Huobi Thailand, its Thai-based subsidiary has secured a fifth license that would enable it to operate a crypto exchange in the region. Huobi Thailand will offer clients crypto-to-crypto trading as well as a crypto-to-fiat onramp starting from Q3 2019,...

Hong Kong and Thai Authorities Sign Fintech MoU

May 16, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Business, Finance, News, Regulation

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Bank of Thailand (BOT), in a bid to promote financial technology (fintech) collaborations between the two regulators, according to a Crowdfund Insider report on May 14, 2019. The Basel Connection Per sources close to the matter,...

Bitcoin Moves Towards $6,000 Mark as Momentum Remains Positive Despite “Untethered” Tether

May 6, 2019 by Alex Lielacher at News, News Digest

The price of bitcoin rallied by over nine percent week-on-week despite the revelations that market-leading stablecoin USDT is not fully backed by US dollars as we were made to believe. On Sunday evening, BTC/USD traded at $5,785. The Big Stories At the start of last week, Tether finally admitted to...

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Thailand Set to Introduce Blockchain-Powered Digital Securities Trade

May 4, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Adoption, ICO/IEO, News, Regulation

Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has amended the Securities and Exchange Act of 2019 to allow market players to participate in primary markets to trade digital securities. This according to a report by the Bangkok Post published May 2, 2019. Thailand Makes Way for Digital Businesses In its quest...

NTT Communications Thailand to Establish Blockchain, AI, IoT-Focused Innovation Lab

April 25, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Adoption, Blockchain, News, Tech

NTT Communications Thailand, the Thai subsidiary of Japan-based NTT Group is set to establish an “innovation lab” to pilot and develop Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and blockchain-based solutions to foster the country’s digitization reports Bangkok Post, April 23, 2019. Fostering Blockchain, IoT, and AI Thailand, unlike other...

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Stock Exchange of Thailand Announces Digital Assets Platform

March 15, 2019 by Tokoni Uti at Adoption, Bitcoin, Blockchain, Business, News

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) published a document on March 13, 2019, where they outlined plans to modernize and transform the Thai capital market, and one of the steps in that plan involves the rolling out of a digital assets trading platform in 2020. Hot Cake It would seem...

Thailand’s SEC Reportedly Approved Pioneer Initial Coin Offering (ICO) Portal

March 13, 2019 by Tom Nyarunda at Adoption, Altcoins, Commentary, Development, Exchange, News, Regulation

According to a local news outlet, The Bangkok Post, the Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved Thailand’s first Initial Coin Offering (ICO) portal on March 12, 2019. Unnamed Operator Is a Foreign Entity The Thai SEC's approval means that other government agencies such as the Ministry of Commerce...

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