Thai Prime Minister Orders Tightening of Gold Trading and Digital Asset Regulations to Combat Gray Funds

According to The Nation Thailand, Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has officially launched a comprehensive operation targeting gray funds and illegal capital flows, ordering the tightening of regulations related to gold trading and digital assets. In the field of digital assets, the government will strictly enforce the Travel Rule, requiring the identification of both the sender and receiver in all wallet-to-wallet transfers to eliminate anonymity. Additionally, Thailand will establish a national-level Data Bureau to centrally manage financial data, enabling regulatory authorities to track suspicious transactions in real-time. Currently, the Thai government is instructing the Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) to lower the reporting threshold for gold transactions from 2 million baht and is studying the imposition of a special business tax on online gold trading.