IPOThailand's Bitkub aims for ASEAN expansion with 2025 listing
Crypto exchange founder Topp hopes to create regional digital champion though IPO
Topp Jirayut Srupsrisopa said a listing of Bitkub Capital Group’s cryptocurrency exchange would create a proxy stock for Thailand’s digital services economy, in an April 19 interview with Nikkei. (Nikkei montage/Photo by Kenya Akama and Getty Images)
FRANCESCA REGALADO and KENYA AKAMA, Nikkei staff writers
BANGKOK -- The founder of Thailand's leading cryptocurrency exchange says its anticipated initial public offering would fuel simultaneous expansions into Southeast Asia's developing nations, with the goal of creating a regional champion to compete with the likes of Coinbase and Binance.