之前咱们讲了痴迷炒币的韩国年轻人，每5个年轻人，就有一个在炒币。
Before we talked about Korean young people who are obsessed with coins, one for every five.
然而，相较于泰国，韩国的这种现象还算是小巫见大巫。在泰国，不仅仅是年轻人热衷炒币，几乎全民皆炒，不分男女老少，每5人中就有1人参与，这一比例在全球排名第一。
However, South Korea is a little bit more likely than Thailand. In Thailand, it is not only young people who are eager to collide, it is almost universal, with one in every five men and women involved, and this is the number one in every five people in the world.
泰国政府更是直接参与其中，央行和旅游局相继发行了官方加密货币。
The Thai Government is more directly involved, with the central bank and the Tourist Board issuing successively official encrypted currencies.
面对这种情况，难以想象的是，十年前泰国曾是全球首个完全禁止比特币的国家。
In the face of this situation, it is inconceivable that, 10 years ago, Thailand was the first country in the world to have a total ban on Bitcoin.
那为何泰国会如此痴迷于炒币呢？一个曾经禁止比特币的国家，又是怎样转变成为一个炒币大国的呢？
So why would Thailand be so obsessed with the currency? How could a country that had banned bitcoin be transformed into a large currency?
政府态度大转变
The government's attitude has changed a lot.
从一开始的严格禁止到后来的热情拥抱，泰国政府对于加密货币的态度在短短半年内便发生了根本的改变。
From the very strict ban at the outset to the warm embraces that followed, the attitude of the Thai Government towards encrypted currency changed fundamentally in just six months.
2013年7月，泰国央行声明比特币非法，成为世界上第一个全面禁止比特币的国家。
In July 2013, the Central Bank of Thailand declared Bitcoin illegal and became the first country in the world to have a total ban on Bitcoin.
然而，仅仅半年后，泰国央行便宣布解禁比特币，但附带条件：允许其流通和交易，必须限在泰国国内进行，且只能使用泰铢结算，不涉外币。
Only six months later, however, the Central Bank of Thailand announced the lifting of the ban on Bitcoin, with the proviso that its circulation and transactions must be restricted to Thailand and that they can be settled only with the Thai baht and not in foreign currency.
在接下来的几年中，泰国对加密货币的接受度逐渐提高，甚至政府亲自参与，积极推动区块链和加密货币的发展。
Over the next few years, Thailand's acceptance of encrypted currency has gradually increased, and even the Government itself has actively promoted the development of block chains and encrypted currency.
泰国对加密货币的态度转变，在很大程度上受到了邻国新加坡的影响，新加坡在2014年不仅允许比特币交易，还制定了相关的税收政策。
The shift in Thailand's attitude towards crypto-currency has been influenced to a large extent by neighbouring Singapore, which allowed not only Bitcoin transactions but also related tax policies in 2014.
泰国副总理表示，在金融科技领域虽不及新加坡，但至少要领先于越南、柬埔寨等邻国。
The Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand indicated that while Singapore was not in the area of financial science and technology, it was at least ahead of neighbouring countries such as Viet Nam and Cambodia.
众所周知，泰国经济高度依赖出口和旅游，一直在寻找新的经济增长点。2016年，泰国政府提出了“泰国4.0”战略，通过创新和技术手段发展高附加值产业，力求突破中等收入陷阱。
It is well known that Thailand’s economy is highly dependent on exports and tourism, and has been looking for new economic growth points. In 2016, the Thai government launched a “Thailand 4.0” strategy to develop high-value-added industries through innovative and technological means in an effort to break through the middle-income trap.
“泰国4.0”强调数字技术的运用，自那以后，从政府到民间，泰国掀起了一场声势浩大的加密热潮。
“Thailand 4.0” emphasizes the use of digital technology, and since then, from government to civil society, Thailand has experienced a huge wave of encryption.
2017年，泰国副总理兼财政部长指示央行仔细研究比特币是否能作为合法支付方式，并要求加密货币受到监管，但同时不阻碍金融科技的创新。
In 2017, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Thailand instructed the Central Bank to examine carefully whether Bitcoin could be used as a legal payment method and to require that encrypted currency be regulated without impeding innovation in financial science and technology.
到了2018年5月，泰国通过了《数字资产运营皇家法令》，正式将加密货币合法化。8月，泰国央行推出了以泰国最高峰“因他农”命名的官方加密货币。
By May 2018, Thailand had adopted the Royal Decree on Digital Asset Operation, which officially legalized encrypted currencies. In August, the Central Bank of Thailand launched an official encrypted currency named after Thailand’s peak “because of others.”
泰国证券交易委员会SEC也批准了6家加密货币交易所，为泰国民众提供了官方的炒币渠道。
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand, SEC, has also approved six encrypted currency exchanges, providing the Thai population with official channels for the production of currency.
炒币狂潮
It's a boom.
到此，泰国政府“贴心”地为民众炒币扫清了一切障碍。
As a result, the Thai Government has “nearly” cleared the way for the people to spend their money.
2019年起，加密市场逐步回暖。赌性不分国界，越来越多的泰国人也开始投身于这场投机热潮。
Since 2019, the encryption market has been warming. Gambling knows no borders, and more and more Thais are starting to take part in this speculation.
泰国最大的在线论坛上充斥着各种关于加密货币的讨论，比如新手如何选择交易平台？
Thailand's largest online forum is full of discussions about encrypted currency, such as how newcomers choose trading platforms.
还有些人在学习后仍感到迷茫，询问挖掘比特币是否真能赚钱等问题。
Others remain confused after learning, asking whether the digging of bitcoin is really profitable.
不久后，新冠疫情爆发，严重冲击了泰国的旅游业，暴露了泰国经济过度依赖旅游业的脆弱性。
Shortly thereafter, the outbreak of the new crown outbreak severely affected tourism in Thailand and exposed the vulnerability of the Thai economy to excessive dependence on tourism.
2019年泰国迎来近4000万入境游客，疫情爆发后，外国游客数量骤减至40万。
In 2019, Thailand received nearly 40 million tourist arrivals and, following the outbreak, the number of foreign tourists fell sharply to 400,000.
2019年泰国旅游收入达3.3万亿泰铢，2020年锐减至4800亿泰铢，下降85%，2021年再降20%，仅为3800亿泰铢。
Thailand's tourism revenues amounted to 3.3 trillion baht in 2019 and fell sharply to 480 billion baht in 2020, representing an 85 per cent decline, and a further 20 per cent decline in 2021, amounting to only 380 billion baht.
面对经济几近崩溃的状况，政府更需新的经济增长点，而民众面对失业和通胀的双重压力，也不得不寻找新的生计方式。
Faced with the near collapse of the economy, the Government needs new economic growth points more than ever, and the population has to find new means of livelihood in the face of the double pressures of unemployment and inflation.
于是，泰国旅游局计划推出TAT币，旨在吸引加密货币持有者，提振旅游业。
As a result, the Thailand Tourism Authority plans to introduce TAT to attract encrypted currency holders and boost tourism.
而加密市场的火热，也让许多普通泰国人重新看到了“希望”。
And the warmth of the encryption market has brought renewed hope to many ordinary Thais.
泰国政府一如既往地配合出台利好政策，先是取消了对加密货币交易征收的7%增值税，随后又取消了15%的资本利得税，炒币迅速成为全民运动。
As in the past, the Thai Government has been cooperating in the establishment of a favourable policy, starting with the elimination of the 7 per cent value added tax on encrypt currency transactions, followed by the elimination of 15 per cent of the capital gains tax and the rapid transformation of the currency boom into a national movement.
2018年泰国炒币的人数约为17万，到2021年底已翻12倍，达到200万人，泰国人持有的加密资产也从不到100亿泰铢暴涨到1145亿泰铢。
In 2018, the number of Thai counterfeits, estimated at 170,000, had doubled to 2 million by the end of 2021, and the number of encrypted assets held by Thais rose sharply from less than 10 billion Thai baht to 114.5 billion Thai baht.
在泰国16-64岁的人群中，每5人就有1人持有加密货币，居全球之首。
Of the population aged 16-64 in Thailand, one in every five persons holds the highest amount of encrypted currency in the world.
而且不只是年轻人对加密货币充满热情，30岁以下的投资者与30岁以上的投资者各占半数。
And it is not just young people who are passionate about encrypted money, with investors under the age of 30 accounting for half of investors over the age of 30.
在这场投机狂潮中，韩国诞生了明星项目LUNA，泰国也涌现出了一家明星公司——茉莉科技。
In the midst of this speculatory boom, South Korea was born as a star project, LUNA, and Thailand emerged as a star company, Jasmine Technology.
2021年7月，泰国的茉莉科技宣布投入比特币挖掘领域。尽管半年时间只开采了8枚比特币，其股价却一路飙升。
In July 2021, Jasmine technology in Thailand announced its investment in bitcoin excavations. Although only eight bitcoins were mined for six months, the stock price rose sharply.
2021年初，茉莉科技的股价不足2美元，到2022年4月，股价已飙升至近600美元，其涨幅甚至超过了加密货币本身，令公司董事长都感到震惊。
At the beginning of 2021, the share price of Jasmine Technology was less than $2. By April 2022, it had soared to nearly $600, even exceeding the encoded currency itself, as a shock to the head of the company.
在这种狂热的氛围中，泰国几乎无人不谈区块链和加密货币，知名大学开设加密货币课程，咖啡厅配备数十台显示器密切关注加密货币行情。
In this frenzied atmosphere, almost no one in Thailand speaks of block chains and encrypted currency, and well-known universities offer an encrypt currency course, and cafés are equipped with dozens of monitors to pay close attention to the encrypt currency.
甚至连佛教徒常佩戴的用来趋吉避凶的佛牌，也变身为加密护身符。泰国有一个项目专门销售这种加密护身符，每个售价400元，已售出120多万个。
Even Buddhists often wear Buddhist medals to protect themselves from the evil. One project in Thailand specializes in the sale of encryption charms at a cost of $400 per sale, and more than 1.2 million have been sold.
还有一个项目根据泰国总人口数，发行了6618万枚SDC币，由高僧开光祈福，宣称能为持有者带来好运。
Another project, based on the total population of Thailand, issued 6,618 million SDC coins, opened by the monks, claiming good luck for the holders.
SDC币开盘当天，价格一度飙升至10美元，总市值约达6.6亿美元。
On the opening day of the SDC, prices jumped to $10, with a total market value of approximately $660 million.
一地鸡毛
It's chicken hair.
在全民疯狂的同时，泰国SEC警告加密货币投资风险，提醒投资者注意巨大的价格波动，并强调只能在受监管的平台进行交易。
At the same time that the population is insane, Thailand's SEC warns against the risk of encrypted currency investment, alerts investors to large price fluctuations and emphasizes that transactions can be made only on regulated platforms.
同时，SEC提出了设置投资者年龄、金融知识和收入水平的门槛，这与韩国曾经的情况类似。
At the same time, the SEC has set thresholds for investor age, financial knowledge and income levels, similar to the situation in the Republic of Korea.
这些提议立刻引发了炒币者的愤怒。
These proposals immediately provoked the anger of the captors.
没有人认为SEC是在保护投资者，相反，许多人认为这是故意将低收入者排除在外。因为泰国SEC提出的收入门槛为100万泰铢，约合20万元人民币，而泰国家庭人均年收入仅约2.6万元人民币，一旦这项规定实施，普通人如何能通过炒币一夜暴富？
No one thinks that SEC is protecting investors, but many think that it is deliberately excluding low-income people. Because Thailand’s SEC proposes an income threshold of 1 million baht, equivalent to about 200,000 yuan, while Thai households have an average annual income of only about 26 million yuan, how can ordinary people get rich overnight by selling currency?
面对公众的愤怒，SEC最终不得不让步。SEC秘书长表示，提出严格条件是为了听取大家的意见，实际上并无执行之意。
In the face of public anger, SEC eventually had to give in. Secretary-General SEC stated that the strict conditions were meant to be heard and were not actually implemented.
SEC撤销了这一决议，泰国的赌徒们继续他们的狂欢，梦想通过炒币改变命运，实现财务自由。
The SEC rescinded the resolution, and Thai gamblers continued their festivities with the dream of financial freedom by changing their destiny through currency speculation.
然而到了今年，市场突然急转直下，加密货币连续暴跌，5月韩国的LUNA崩盘，带动整个加密市场崩溃，粉碎了泰国人的炒币梦。
By the end of the year, however, the market had suddenly turned upside down, the encoded currency had continued to collapse, and the LUNA crash in May in South Korea had led to the collapse of the entire encrypt market, shattering the Thais'currency-false dream.
无数人急忙抛售，之前分享炒币秘籍的论坛上，一夜之间被关于巨额亏损的帖子占据。
Countless people rushed to sell, before being occupied overnight by posters about huge losses in a forum where the secret of the currency was shared.
曾经一年内涨幅达300倍的茉莉科技，短短几个月内股价跌去90%以上。
Jasmine technology, which had increased 300 times in a year, fell by more than 90 per cent in just a few months.
狂热过后，泰国币圈只留下满地鸡毛。
After the fever, the Thai coins left only the fur of the earth.
这时，有些人依然坚持抄底希望弥补损失，有的人开始大声痛骂加密货币是骗局，号召网友一起维权。
At that time, some continued to insist on the desire to make up for their losses, while others began to shout out that encrypted money was a fraud and called on their online friends to defend their rights together.
还有人站出来质问政府，为什么没有采取措施帮助加密货币投资者？
The Government was also questioned as to why no measures had been taken to help encrypt money investors.
而更多人在血本无归之后默默退出了市场，泰国的加密货币交易量迅速萎缩，2022年8月，交易量只有高峰时期的四分之一。
More people left the market silently after losing their blood, and Thailand experienced a rapid contraction in the volume of encrypted currency transactions, which reached only one quarter of its peak in August 2022.
绝大多数人的暴富梦最终成了泡影。
The vast majority of people end up having a bad dream of being rich.
当泡沫破灭时，每个人都显得无辜，但许多人忘记了，当初联合起来逼迫SEC，想靠炒币改变命运的，正是他们自己。
When the bubble burst, everyone seemed innocent, but many forgot that it was they who united to force the SEC to change their destiny by means of coins.
这种情况，在泰国并非首次，也不会是最后一次。
This is not, and will not be, the first time in Thailand.
好了，本期内容就到这里了，欢迎对感兴趣的话题留言，我们下期再见。
All right, that's it for the session. You're welcome to leave a message on the topic of interest. I'll see you next time.
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The Koreans said, "I'm the best, and the Thais laughed..."
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Bitcoinsdown: Virtual money is just a game for now, the Securities Times.
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Thailand's sealing of Bitcoin, the world's leading river, the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
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Bitcoin is in a different position in South-East Asia, Li Kuo-Chung.
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Encrypted currency creates “equity bubbles”, a Thai technology company that soared 67 times this year, investing.com
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“Thai-China cooperation is mutually beneficial” - visit to Chen Jinji, Chairman of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce of Thailand
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13. Thailand is likely to be the worst performing economy in Asia this year: 80 per cent drop in foreign tourists, rice exports are estimated to be the lowest in nearly 20 years, and small money rocks.
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14. Expanding the Thai market: innovation and technology, Ma Yingde
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15. Restarting tourism opportunities Thailand has been a major promoter of domestic tourism, Sun Wang Yong.
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19. Thailand’s DeFi project fell by 99%! SEC says it’s going to be involved in DeFi’s regulatory field in the future, Jim.
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