[New Thai Payment App WORPT Allows Tourists to Exchange Cryptocurrency for Thai Baht] According to Singapore's Straits Times, Thailand has launched a new payment app called WORPT, allowing foreign tourists to exchange cryptocurrency for Thai baht and make purchases at shops and restaurants by scanning widely used local barcodes, without needing a Thai bank account. The app was developed by Wipay and Waan Exchange, the latter founded by Chaval Jiaravanon of the Dhanin Chearavanont family, and operates under the TouristDigiPay regulatory pilot program launched by the Thai Securities and Exchange Commission.