Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking public comment on a framework that would let licensed intermediaries give ordinary investors access to qualifying crypto derivatives traded on foreign exchanges. Accounts of the release cite both Aug. 31 and Sept. 1. Eligible products would have to mirror crypto derivatives already permitted in Thailand on underlying assets, maturity, leverage and settlement method. Foreign venues would need central counterparty clearing and supervision by a regulator tied to recognized international regulatory or exchange bodies, including standards previously described as IOSCO Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding Signatory A status or World Federation of Exchanges membership. Products failing those tests would be limited to institutional investors, whom the SEC says are better equipped to assess complex structures and higher risk. Existing overseas-derivatives rules were judged insufficient for crypto because offshore contracts vary too widely. The move follows a March 5 notification recognizing cryptocurrencies and digital tokens as permissible derivatives underlyings and ongoing talks with the Thailand Futures Exchange on domestic contract specifications. Consultation runs through Sept. 30, with no announced effective date for final amendments.