Spot crypto is legal in Thailand but only as a licensed activity. The Emergency Decree on Digital Asset Businesses B.E. 2561 (2018) requires a digital asset business operator to hold a licence granted by the Minister of Finance on the SEC's recommendation, and operating without one is a criminal offence carrying two to five years' imprisonment plus fines. The licence categories the SEC has consulted on are spot-side businesses — exchange, broker and dealer, later advisory services and fund management — and as recently as February 2026 the SEC was still consulting on a framework to permit spot crypto ETFs, which it described as an initial phase using relatively simple structures.
The contract itself does not change by geography: a MON perpetual settles in USDC everywhere.
11 venues open Monad perps to traders in Thailand.
ApeX
Aster
Avantis
Ethereal
gTrade
Helix
Hyperliquid
Lighter
Pacifica
ParadexFour steps from sign-up to an open position.
Personal income tax exemption on the gain from transferring crypto through an SEC-licensed Thai exchange, broker or dealer, for assessable income received 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2029 (Ministerial Regulation No. 399, B.E. 2568, issued 27 August 2025, adding item (109) to Ministerial Regulation No. 126).
Trading MON from Thailand: legal.
Securities and Exchange Commission, Thailand (SEC).
For Monad traders in Thailand: Know-your-client measures and client due diligence process required for digital asset operators
16 platforms serve Thailand for Monad trading, among them Aevo, ApeX and Aster.