Thailand decided some time ago that digital assets have a place in its financial system. The questions the country is asking right now are practical:  How can digital assets integrate into capital markets? How should investor access be structured? What should the market look like a few years from now.

I moderated a panel on this topic at the SCB 10X REDeFiNE TOMORROW 2026 conference, with the Assistant Secretary General and Head of the Capital Markets Infrastructure Center at Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

What struck me was how far Thailand’s SEC has moved past its early focus on risk containment, and how deliberately it is now working to help the market develop. Its 2026-2028 strategic plan sets out that…