A 33-year-old fueling crypto boom is worrying Thai regulators

As domestic crypto trading in Thailand saw a sixfold surge since November, its Securities and Exchange Commission, is starting to worry about risks faced by locals investing. — Bloomberg

Atichanan Pulges first became interested in cryptocurrencies a decade ago when he was an engineering student in Los Angeles. Mining Bitcoin was a way for the Bangkok native to learn about markets and pay his rent.

Now back in Thailand after a stint at Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Atichanan is a co-founder of the nation’s largest licensed cryptocurrency exchange. He’s also on the front lines of an intensifying debate over who should be allowed to buy digital assets in Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy.