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                        (2) specifying the right of a person to acquire specific goods, specific
                service, or any specific other rights under an agreement between the issuer

                and the holder, and shall include any other electronic data units of right as

                specified in the notification of the SECé.


                        In this regard, it means that the Emergency Decree regulated both
                digital token participants and cryptocurrency participants, including under the

                scope of digital asset businesses. Accordingly, stablecoin-related businesses

                might also be regulated under the Decree, as a stablecoin is regarded as a
                type of cryptocurrency due to its characteristics.


                        In other words, the Emergency Decree provides the legal foundation

                for digital asset business operators and digital token portal service providers.

                In general, the Decree included requirements relating to the public offering of
                digital tokens (Section 16-25), restrictions on digital asset businesses (Section

                26-31) and details on competent officers (Section 51-56) under the Act. In

                particular, Section 3 of the Emergency Decree categorised çdigital asset
                businessesé into four main types. These include digital asset exchanges, digital

                asset brokers, digital asset dealers and other businesses that may be allocated

                by the Minister under the recommendation of the SEC. Moreover, Section 26
                stated that all of these businesses must obtain an operational license in order

                to conduct their operations legally in Thailand. In terms of licensing

                requirements, the subordinate rules set out detailed requirements that include
                paid-up capital requirements and the companyûs registration requirements.

                However, the rules also specify an exemption for some types of digital assets,
                                                         (35)
                including utility tokens and stablecoins.

                (35)
                  The exemption is specified in the notifications KorTor 10/2561, KorJor 12/2561 and KorTor
                  11/2561 issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission. It became effective on June
                  16, 2018.


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