Crypto Fears Ease in Asia as Officials Aim to Keep Up With Trump Malaysia and Thailand have recently signaled shifts in policy Progress in the region is incremental compared with Trump’s US Lawmakers in some of Asia’s key digital-assets markets are warming to the industry as Donald Trump’s pro-crypto agenda in the US ripples through the region. Officials in Thailand, Malaysia and Japan are among those to have signaled shifts in their treatment of cryptocurrencies since around the turn of the New Year. The Asia-Pacific region already boasts aspiring crypto hubs in Singapore and Hong Kong and a sleeping giant in China, where an industry ban has curbed activity since 2021.