Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission has opened the Stock Exchange of Thailand to locally established Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs.

From 16 October 2026, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tracking Bitcoin and Ethereum will be able to trade on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), the country’s main stock exchange. The Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand (SEC) announced that the permission applies only to crypto ETFs established locally, and that Bitcoin and Ethereum will be the only digital assets eligible for ETF listings during the initial rollout.

How the products are structured

Under the regulator’s framework, each crypto ETF must operate as a passive investment fund built to follow the spot price of either Bitcoin…