What I didn't understand in the news is why a Bitcoin spot trading fund (ETF) in Thailand will be limited to wealthy and institutional investors? Is Bitcoin banned for ordinary people in Thailand? Will people be prohibited from buying shares in Thai ETFs?
It's not unprecedented for a government to limit certain asset classes they deem as risky to wealthy individuals and institutional investors (see hedge funds in he US for example). Though whether protecting retail investor really is the primary concern in these cases is a different question.
Bitcoin should be available to everyone, not just the wealthy or institutions.
Luckily everyone else can still buy and trade Bitcoin directly, which should be the prefered way to attain and hold Bitcoin anyway.