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Thailand's Cryptocurrency Landscape: A Retrospective Look at Thailand's Legal Framework and Market Situation in the Bull Run Era

The cryptocurrency market has evolved significantly, and achieved major milestones as a decentralized digital currency system in recent years. Thailand has emerged as a notable player in the global cryptocurrency landscape, with market capitalization in excess of THB 90,000 million in 2024 (a robust 73.99% growth since 2023) and is using an adaptive legal framework to establish comprehensive cryptocurrency laws and regulations. A review of the relevant laws and regulations, and their evolution over time, is helpful to understand the past, present, and future of the cryptocurrency market in Thailand. Cryptocurrency is a revolutionary form of digital currency, which operates on decentralized blockchain networks, with prices determined primarily by market supply and demand, without being controlled by any centralized authority. Cryptocurrency plays…To read the full article, please see the PDF file​

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ジラポン・スリワット

He advises on a wide range of merger-and-acquisition transactions, joint ventures, foreign direct investments, general corporate, international corporate finance, and restructurings. His expertise is advising, structuring and leading complex transactions both within and outside of Thailand. He regularly represents, among others, Japanese, Thai and international investors, international investment banks, international private equity investors, hedge funds and international corporations and financial institutions. His main areas of practice include public and private mergers and acquisitions (takeover rules), legal due diligence, joint ventures, fund raising, listings, block trades, stock exchange and securities exchange related laws, restructuring of shareholdings and general corporate advice. His additional areas of practice also cover banking and finance, renewable energy in Japan and Thailand, exchange control law, labor law, and debt restructurings. Before setting up the Bangkok office of Nishimura & Asahi in 2013, he worked with Linklaters for almost a decade. He is also a registered arbitrator of the Thai Arbitration Institute (TAI) with the areas of expertise in corporate M&A, joint venture, banking and finance, capital markets, debt restructurings and energy.

本柳 祐介

Yusuke has a wealth of experience in the areas of capital raising by corporations, the formation of investment funds, and investments in investment funds, in transactions of all sizes, both domestically and internationally. In the field of capital raising, he has an extensive and excellent track record in the issuance of shares by financially distressed listed companies. In regard to fund formation and fund investment, he is constantly involved in numerous transactions, and advises not only on the legal aspects of those transactions, but also on market standards. He also provides advice on a wide range of financial regulations, including those in new fields such as fintech. His advice includes providing guidance on registering or filing notifications required for conducting finance-related business, analyzing new finance-related businesses, and establishing/reviewing the internal compliance rules/systems of his clients. Recently, he has become more involved in blockchain- and token-related matters, including not only those in the finance sector, such as fundraising by issuing crypto assets, listing crypto assets on domestic and foreign exchanges, and other crypto asset-related transactions, but also those in areas outside the finance sector.