The Thai SEC wants to open the market for listed funds supported by other digital assets outside the typical Bitcoin ETF that exists on the market.
Summary
- Thai SEC draws up new rules to allow crypto ETFs outside of Bitcoin, with the aim of including more digital assets to attract both local and foreign investors.
- By expanding access to more crypto -eetfs, Thai regulators hope to attract young investors and to stimulate Thailand’s position as a regional crypto -hub
According to a recent Bloomberg report, the Thai Securities and Exchange Commission Secretary-General Pornanong Budsaratragoon said that the Agency and other supervisors are drawing up rules to accommodate new crypto ETFs.
The desk is intent About exploring ETFs supported by digital assets outside Bitcoin (BTC) to draw more investor’s interest in the market. These assets are offered by local investment funds and institutions to local and foreign investors.
“Our possibility is now to broaden the criteria for the crypto, such as a basket with cryptocurrencies. We want a wider range of those crypto assets in the ETFs,” Pornanong said.
This statement coincides with a tree in crypto ETFs in the American markets. Recently October is the “ETF month”, because the SEC is expected to be green light, at least 16 crypto ETFs, including funds linked to Solana (SOL), Ripple (XRP), Litecoin (LTC), Dogecoin (Doge) and more.
Thai Sec wants to attract young investors with crypto
If Thailand succeeds in opening his markets for more ETFs supported by Crypto, this could stimulate liquidity and exposure for more altcoins in the market. Until now, Thai investors are only able to get exposure to crypto assets by buying tokens directly at trade fairs or injecting money into overseas funds through an external asset management company.
The move is part of the efforts of the Southeast -Asian region to transform Thailand into a crypto -hub. One of the recent initiatives includes rolling out policy that integrates Tokenized products into regular investments.
According to Pornanong, the Thai sec hopes to attract young investors by offering access to crypto ETFs without limitations. She believes that the most important task of the agency is to facilitate the demand for exposure to crypto ETFs.
“Some investors, especially young people, prefer to have exposure in cryptocurrencies in their portfolios as a way to diversify,” said Pornanong.
The Thai government has prepared itself to launch a cryptocurrency sandbox for foreign tourists. In July 2025 the program started the public hearing. The program is jointly managed by the Thai SEC and the Central Bank. It also has the support of Gulf Binance.
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