Thailand/countries to live off crypto
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And you dare trust others with those words? Yes your multi-sig solution is a problem too as you lock yourself out without the cooperation of another. That requires trust, and when trust isn't required it's always a mistake.
If Thailand is too difficult, choose any neighboring country and cash out at physical shops, they are not that hard to find.
Or just open a bank account and do P2P, or even combine them and do both. The fees are minimal.
For example: P2P USD from local bank to ->USDT cost today 0.18% (would be 0.1% but I dislike merchant KYC), cashing out at physical shop I get an exchange rate that's 1% higher than when exchanging dollars in cash. I haven't used an ATM for a year now (I dislike giving 2% fees plus ATM fees to the banksters). Instead I just send it from the bank straight to a P2P merchant, receive USDT and cash out locally. Practically, I even make 0.80% profit every time I do this to fill my wallet with fiat money.
Oh, coming back to Thailand: when entering the country one is allowed to bring $20,000 in cash per person without any SOF. I guess it should be sufficient to cover any living expenses for 2 months for most of the people, even >1 year for some.
Disclaimer: no financial or tax advice, do your own research, everything is just imaginary for amusement purposes.
Last edited: Apr 24, 2025
Or just open a bank account and do P2P, or even combine them and do both. The fees are minimal.
For example: P2P USD from local bank to ->USDT cost today 0.18% (would be 0.1% but I dislike merchant KYC), cashing out at physical shop I get an exchange rate that's 1% higher than when exchanging dollars in cash. I haven't used an ATM for a year now (I dislike giving 2% fees plus ATM fees to the banksters). Instead I just send it from the bank straight to a P2P merchant, receive USDT and cash out locally. Practically, I even make 0.80% profit every time I do this to fill my wallet with fiat money.
Oh, coming back to Thailand: when entering the country one is allowed to bring $20,000 in cash per person without any SOF. I guess it should be sufficient to cover any living expenses for 2 months for most of the people, even >1 year for some.
Disclaimer: no financial or tax advice, do your own research, everything is just imaginary for amusement purposes.
Last edited: Apr 24, 2025
It's $15K equivalent in/out without customs declaration according to BOT:
Bringing into or taking out of Thailand baht banknotes in an amount exceeding THB 450,000 or foreign currency banknotes in an amount exceeding USD 15,000 or its equivalent requires a Customs declaration when entering or leaving the country.
Thank you for that, so many sources quote 20K, even their embassy in London.
https://london.thaiembassy.org/en/publicservice/84708-bringing-currency-in-and-out-of-thailand
But the customs rules confirm your figure of 15K, one learns something new every day.
http://ccc.customs.go.th/cont_strc_...edure_161208_07¤t_id=14232932404f505f46
In Thailand the most reliable and up-to-date information is always from the horse's mouth.
In that case Bank of Thailand responsible of Exchange Control Regulations.
https://www.bot.or.th/en/our-roles/...ion.html#accordion-89d74b5d26-item-394b0956bc
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