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 XMR perpetual settles in USDC everywhere.
11 venues open Monero perps to traders in Thailand.
Aster
Avantis
Ethereal
gTrade
Helix
Hyperliquid
Lighter
Pacifica
Paradex
SynthetixFour 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 XMR from Thailand: legal.
Regulator for Monero trading in Thailand: Securities and Exchange Commission, Thailand (SEC).
Know-your-client measures and client due diligence process required for digital asset operators
From Thailand, you can fund a Monero position using Bank Transfer (Thai QR), Bank Transfer (PromptPay) and P2P (Peer-to-Peer).
17 platforms serve Thailand for Monero trading, among them Aevo, Aster and Avantis.