Thailand crypto rules explained: licenses, the Bybit and OKX blocks, and tax
Any crypto exchange, broker or dealer serving people in Thailand needs a Thai SEC license, and since April 2025 offshore platforms with Thai features can be blocked. Bybit, OKX and three others were named for blocking from June 28, 2025. Here is what that means for users, payments and tax.
No interest, par redemption, stress tests: Singapore drafts its stablecoin law
MAS wants to ban interest on MAS-regulated stablecoins and recognize a few foreign ones. Seven weeks later, the central banks of Malaysia and Thailand joined its BLOOM project for cross-border digital money.
Why is Bitget buying a Thai exchange that lost 74 million baht last year?
Bitget wants GMO-Z.com Cryptonomics, a tiny Bangkok platform with 11 million baht in yearly sales but a Thai license. The price is secret, and GMO filed the sale on the same day Bitget was hacked.
Thailand's SEC: 11 crypto ETF rules, then a block on Vcex.io from November 7
In three October days, Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission set rules for local Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs, filed a criminal complaint over the unlicensed Vcex.io exchange and said access to it will be blocked from November 7. The message: use the licensed route or be shut out.