{"id":554729,"date":"2026-02-12T04:52:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T04:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/12\/thailand-approves-crypto-as-underlying-assets-in-derivatives-markets\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T04:52:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T04:52:42","slug":"thailand-approves-crypto-as-underlying-assets-in-derivatives-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/12\/thailand-approves-crypto-as-underlying-assets-in-derivatives-markets\/","title":{"rendered":"Thailand approves crypto as underlying assets in derivatives markets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjYtMDIvMDE5YzRmZjgtYzRmMy03OGZhLWFhYTEtYmI2OTYwOTczNzMxLmpwZw==.jpg\" alt=\"Thailand approves crypto as underlying assets in derivatives markets\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Binance Thailand&#8217;s chief executive said it is a &#8220;watershed moment&#8221; for digital assets in the country, which he says are no longer merely speculative instruments.<\/p>\n<p data-ct-non-breakable=\"undefined\">Thailand\u2019s government on Tuesday approved the Finance Ministry\u2019s proposal allowing digital assets to be used as underlying assets in the country\u2019s derivatives and capital markets.<\/p>\n<p data-ct-non-breakable=\"undefined\">The move aims to modernize Thailand\u2019s derivatives markets in line with international standards, strengthen regulatory oversight and investor protection, and position itself as a regional hub for institutional crypto trading, the Bangkok Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bangkokpost.com\/business\/investment\/3195574\/thailand-puts-digital-assets-on-a-firmer-footing\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-ct-non-breakable=\"undefined\">The country\u2019s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will amend the Derivatives Act to enable these new asset classes, which include Bitcoin (BTC) and carbon credits.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/thailand-approves-crypto-underlying-assets-derivatives-markets\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Binance Thailand&#8217;s chief executive said it is a &#8220;watershed moment&#8221; for digital assets in the country, which he says are no longer merely speculative instruments. Thailand\u2019s government on Tuesday approved the Finance Ministry\u2019s proposal allowing digital assets to be used as underlying assets in the country\u2019s derivatives and capital markets. The move aims to modernize [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":554730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-554729","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/554730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}