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First Thai ICO en route
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 17/01/2018
» Jaymart subsidiary J Ventures will become the country's first SET-listed company to sell its own digital currency once it releases "JFin" through an initial coin offering (ICO) in March.
Central bank steps up fines for market conduct violators
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 18/01/2018
» The Bank of Thailand is escalating the punishment for banks that violate the regulator's market conduct rules.
Seoul weighs shuttering all virtual currency exchanges
Reuters, Published on 18/01/2018
» SEOUL: South Korea's financial regulator chief said the government is considering shutting down all local virtual currency exchanges in a national policy committee meeting on Thursday.
Bitcoin use on Bali probed
Reuters, Published on 19/01/2018
» KUTA, Indonesia: Authorities are investigating the use of bitcoin on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali, amid warnings by the central bank about the risks posed by virtual currencies.
Crypto markets aren't all the same
News, Leonid Bershidsky, Published on 23/01/2018
» There's a compelling reason to consider what's going on with cryptocurrencies a purely speculative boom-and-bust roller-coaster: Over a three-month period, the prices of all the top coins and tokens are rather strongly correlated, going up and down in unison. What does that make them if not the 21st-century incarnation of tulip bulbs?
Seoul to start real-name cryptocurrency trading
Associated Press, Published on 23/01/2018
» SEOUL: South Korea plans to require local banks to launch a real-name system for cryptocurrency trading that will make the up-to-now anonymous transactions be traceable as the country seeks to curb speculation and criminal activities.
Bitcoin is a means of payment, just not yet for you
News, Elaine Ou, Published on 24/01/2018
» Critics of Bitcoin often argue that it's useless as a means of payment, one of the key elements of any successful currency. That's not quite right, and likely to become less so.
Phillip sets bitcoin investor standards
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 25/01/2018
» Phillip Securities Thailand says Thais interested in investing in regulated bitcoin futures have to meet the company's criteria and be prepared to shoulder the risks associated with high fluctuations in price.
Two more coin offerings in the works
Business, Pathom Sangwongwanich & Darana Chudasri, Published on 25/01/2018
» Two more non-listed companies will seek to raise funds through an initial coin offering soon, following in the footsteps of J Ventures' plan to issue an ICO in March, says former Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij.
Fending off token opposition
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee and Darana Chudasri, Published on 29/01/2018
» Traditional investment assets such as bullion and equity have been superseded by initial coin offerings (ICO), a much-touted digital crowdfunding option making a big bang across the globe.