[ti:In Thailand, Café Serves Coffee and Investment Advise Serving] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM [00:00.04]A restaurant in northeast Thailand [00:03.08]has become a center for traders of cryptocurrency. [00:08.24]A cryptocurrency is a form of digital money [00:11.84]that is not regulated by any central bank. [00:17.00]HIP Coffee & Restaurant is a café that serves coffee and food. [00:23.72]But it has setup screens showing the latest price information [00:28.48]on cryptocurrency markets for its customers. [00:33.48]The café also offers investment advice [00:37.12]to go along with its coffee and cake. [00:41.12]Detnarong Satianphut is a 35-year-old cryptocurrency trader [00:46.04]and a customer at the café. [00:49.44]He told Reuters, "It's exciting for me to be here [00:53.88]because I get to meet people who share the same interests." [00:58.44]He added, "We (traders) get to exchange information [01:03.96]because in the trading world [01:06.04]we are coming up against millions of people." [01:10.76]Cryptocurrencies have started becoming more popular in Thailand. [01:17.00]The latest official data suggest that as much as $7.62 billion [01:23.76]in digital currency was traded in November. [01:28.84]In January, Thailand said it would start to regulate [01:33.00]the use of digital currencies as payments. [01:37.84]Officials warned of risks to the country's economic system. [01:43.60]The HIP café has been in business since 2013. [01:49.00]The eatery began setting up [01:51.04]its cryptocurrency information screens in 2020. [01:56.56]Since then, workers said the number of customers has doubled. [02:02.88]HIP café's supervisor is Oakkharawat Yongsakuljinda. [02:08.36]He said the cafe provides a chance for people in the surrounding [02:13.16]Nakhon Ratchasima province to get involved in investing. [02:18.48]The café offers free investment advice [02:22.00]and is planning on starting its own cryptocurrency coin. [02:28.24]Customers say trading in the café [02:31.20]gives them the best chance of success in an insecure market. [02:37.08]The value of the most well-known cryptocurrency, bitcoin, [02:41.92]recently dropped to a six-month low. [02:46.68]I'm Jonathan Evans. 更多听力请访问51VOA.COM