On 17 September 2021, the SEC sent a circular to all listed companies advising listed companies that invest or plan to invest in digital assets to exercise discretion in making decisions regarding such investment. This is to prevent material impacts on the companies’ financial position or operating results as digital asset investment is usually exposed to relatively high risk from price volatility. In addition, the SEC reiterates that listed companies should take action and consider various fact...
urges the private sector to exercise caution and refrain from using response letters in such manner.In any case, the SEC’s response letters to inquiries may contain facts that have changed or are specific
invest in such products should proceed with extra caution since:(1) The product above has not been screened with regard to its qualifications and smart contracts by SEC-approved ICO portals; (2
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other laws outside the SEC’s jurisdiction, the SEC will coordinate with relevant authorities to take an appropriate action.The SEC urges the public and investors to exercise caution when using services of
investment decision carefully. For example, Notice Pending (NP) in case of awaiting material information, or Caution (C) in case a listed company has the characteristics as prescribed in the governing
relatively new investment product, recently gaining popularity among Thai investors. Its alluring advertisement “X% within Y months” seems to be the key message capturing attention of many investors. In fact
caution when using services of securities business operators, derivatives business operators or digital asset business operators who have not obtained a respective license, as well as foreign digital asset
exercise caution. As such, if being soliciting to invest in securities or derivatives such as shares, gold or crude oil, you can check credibility of such claim by visiting the SEC website (www.sec.or.th