Thailand’s SEC Fines Bitkub Subsidiary $234K for Insider Trading, Bans Executive

Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has slapped an 8.53 million baht (around $234,000) monetary penalty on Bitkub Blockchain Technology Co (BBT), a part of the Bitkub group, for the involvement of its executive in insider trading.

According to a Bangkok Post report, the securities market regulator publicly announced its action against the company on Tuesday evening.

Insider Trading

The penalty came as Samret Wajanasathian, the Chief Technology Officer of BBT, which is the sister company of Thailand’s largest cryptocurrency exchange
Cryptocurrency Exchange

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