Tokenization in Thailand. The tokenization of financial assets is One of the main themes of the year 2025 And we have seen ads from giants like Blackrock, JP Morgan or Goldman Sachs. But today it is Thailand that will interest us with the Declaration of the Minister of Finance which announced that its country would offer token state obligations to private investors.
- Thailand has announced the issue of $ 150 million in digital investment tokens for state bonds, targeting private investors.
- These G-TOKENS will allow access to financial investments usually reserved for institutional investors, with a minimum investment of 3 dollars.
Thailand wants to offer token state obligations to individuals
According to the press local, the Minister of Finance Pichai chunhavajira would have declared during a press conference that his country was going to issue 150 million dollars digital investment tokens for private investors. These will be able to buy State bonds tokenized and take advantage of the advantages of this type of financial investment.
The Minister said that these tokens would be available within two months and that this operation would be a kind of test To see how the market reacts. He also added that yields would be more interesting than those Classic bank depositseven if he has not given more details on this point.
The government wants to democratize access to this type of financial investment
For his part, the Director General of the Office of Public Debt Management, Patchara anndasilpaexplained that these G-tokens would make it possible to raise funds from the public within the framework of the current budgetary borrowing plan and that they did not constitute debt instruments. He also said that the purpose of the operation was to allow as many people as possible to access this type of financial placement: “One of the main sales arguments of this token is that it allows more private investors to be part of the digital economy. For as little as $ 3, they can invest in state bonds. »»
Indeed, so far, the private investors have been limited or excluded from large offers of investment products in Thailand which are mainly intended for institutional and wealthy investors and the government wants to change this. Finally, we learned that these tokens would be available on exchange platforms State approved And that they would not be accessible to resident foreigners in Thailand.
Thailand therefore continues its crypto and web3 adventure with this announcement which closely follows that of the local dry which declared last March accepting Stablecoins USDT and USDC for cryptocurrency trading.