Thai SEC bans crypto staking and lending services

Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has banned crypto organizations from offering staking and lending services.

The decision was made to protect traders from the risks affiliated with crypto lenders after the crash of crypto lending platforms over the past few months. Depositary services will be prohibited alongside paying returns to depositors.

The announcement was published on the regulator's website stating a ban on staking and lending services from the “digital asset business operators” to protect the general public from the risks associated with “transaction providers”.

Following the crypto market downturn many crypto exchanges and crypto lenders like Celsius Network and Babel have frozen their withdrawals.

The digital assets exchange Zipmex also made the decision to halt its withdrawals in July, the company has entities in Australia, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand.

Last week, Thailand’s SEC filed a police complaint against the exchange after it failed to provide transactional information before a deadline and was asked to provide further insight into the withdrawal freeze.

Recently, hand in hand with prohibiting staking and lending services and enforcing tighter regulation, Thailand also outlined new rules on crypto advertisements to take control of crypto marketing in public places.

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Written by Isabella Aslam

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Isabella is an experienced writer in B2B and B2C journalism. Alongside crypto, Isabella writes and discusses the topics of relationships and psychology. Isabella holds a first-class degree in music journalism and often interviews electronic artists and DJs.

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