Thailand Tightens Access to Unlicensed Foreign Digital-Asset Platforms
Thailand's amended digital-asset and cybercrime laws took effect on April 13, expanding the government's ability to identify and rapidly block foreign platforms serving Thai users without the required license.
On April 13, 2025, amendments to Thailand's Digital Asset Business Law and Cybercrime Law took effect. The changes strengthened the Securities and Exchange Commission's ability to act against foreign digital-asset platforms deemed to be soliciting or serving users in Thailand without the required local license.
The amended framework identified several indicators that a foreign platform was serving the Thai market, including Thai-language interfaces, Thai-linked domain names, baht payment support, Thai-law contractual terms, and paid search access directed at Thai users. The accompanying cybercrime changes also accelerated procedures for blocking access to illegal platforms.
Although the rules applied to digital assets broadly rather than Bitcoin alone, they directly affected how Thai residents could reach exchanges and trading platforms used to buy, sell, and custody Bitcoin. The change was therefore an access and market-structure event for Bitcoin users in Thailand rather than merely a generic token-policy announcement.