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Thailand Crypto Licensing: Digital Asset Decree 2018
In force / passed In force / passed: 14 May 2018 (in force)
- Regulator
- Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Thailand · Ministry of Finance
- Legal basis
- Emergency Decree on Digital Asset Businesses B.E. 2561 (2018)
SEC Thailand · News 50/2018 - Official register
- SEC Thailand · Licensed digital asset business operators · Format: HTML
What Is Changing
Thailand has licensed digital asset businesses since the Emergency Decree on Digital Asset Businesses took effect on 14 May 2018. Exchanges, brokers, dealers and other digital asset businesses need a licence from the Minister of Finance on the SEC's recommendation and are supervised by the SEC.
The SEC publishes a searchable list of licensed operators.
Timeline
- in force
The Emergency Decree on Digital Asset Businesses comes into force. Exchanges, brokers and dealers need a licence from the Minister of Finance on the SEC's recommendation.
Sources: SEC Thailand · News 50/2018 official
- application deadline
Deadline (90 days) for existing operators to apply to the SEC if they wanted to keep operating.
Sources: SEC Thailand · News 50/2018 official
A company-level tracker for Thailand is in preparation. This page covers the rules and dates only. CSV
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VASP Tracker, “Thailand crypto licensing: Digital Asset Decree 2018”, https://vasptracker.com/en/th/ (21 Oct 2026), CC BY 4.0.