Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will implement stringent advertising rules for cryptocurrency firms operating in the country by October 2022.
The Thai SEC informed cryptocurrency-related businesses operating in the country via email that adverts concerning digital currencies must have clear investment warnings to consumers on Sep. 1. The statement was later posted ຢູ່ໃນເວັບໄຊທ໌ SEC.
The SEC regulator has instituted the new standards for cryptocurrency-related adverts in response to a number of marketing campaigns that have neglected to include investment risk warnings.
The new standards will require adverts to refrain from featuring false, misleading or exaggerated claims and include investment risks warnings. The correspondence from the SEC also calls for balanced advertising, which would entail including potential positive and negative factors of the products or services being promoted.
ບໍລິສັດຈະຕ້ອງຈໍາກັດການໂຄສະນາໂດຍກົງທີ່ສົ່ງເສີມ cryptocurrency ກັບ "ຊ່ອງທາງທີ່ເປັນທາງການ" ຄືກັບເວັບໄຊທ໌ຂອງຕົນເອງແລະຈະຕ້ອງມອບລາຍລະອຽດຂອງການໂຄສະນາແລະການໃຊ້ຈ່າຍ, ລວມທັງການນໍາໃຊ້ຜູ້ມີອິດທິພົນສື່ມວນຊົນສັງຄົມແລະ bloggers ແລະເງື່ອນໄຂຂອງພວກເຂົາ, ໃຫ້ SEC.
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Prominent cryptocurrency exchanges like Bitkub and Zipmex have adverts on large street billboards and in public transport hubs, promoting their mobile applications and services to prospective users in the country. Advertising services is still permitted in public spaces, according to the SEC’s directive.
Companies have been given a month to comply with the new requirements as the SEC continues to establish frameworks that are positioned to protect the country’s retail investors . This would include updating or amending existing adverts across print, online and real-world platforms.
The SEC further noted that the move was in line with regulatory standards set in other countries like the United Kingdom, Singapore and Spain, which had previously instituted stricter guidelines for cryptocurrency-related advertising.
August 2022 was a busy month for the Thai SEC as it granted licenses to four new cryptocurrency-related businesses. The regulator also put Bitkub under the microscope, fining the firm’s chief technology officer Samret Wajanasathian for the alleged insider trading of its KUB token ahead of a lucrative investment deal with Thailand’s Siam Commercial Bank.
Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/thailand-sec-to-apply-strict-guidelines-for-crypto-ads