Amitoj Singh

Amitoj Singh is a CoinDesk reporter focusing on regulation and the politics shaping the future of finance. He also presents shows for CoinDesk TV on occasion. He has previously contributed to various news organizations such as CNN, Al Jazeera, Business Insider and SBS Australia. Previously, he was Principal Anchor and News Editor at NDTV (New Delhi Television Ltd.), the go-to news network for Indians globally. Amitoj owns a marginal amount of Bitcoin and Ether below CoinDesk's disclosure threshold of $1,000.

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Genesis to Pay SEC $21M Penalty to Settle Charges Over Gemini Earn Product

The settlement comes days after a New York judge denied motions by Genesis and crypto exchange Gemini to stop the SEC case.

SEC logo (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Policy

Grab’s Singapore Users Can Now Use Crypto to Make Payments

Grab's latest move has been made possible after its tie-up with Triple-A, a firm that enables businesses to pay and get paid in digital currencies, the report added.

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Nigerian Court Orders Binance to Relinquish Data of All Nigerians Trading on Its Platform: Report

The interim order comes after an earlier report that Nigeria wanted Binance to give information regarding its top 100 users in the nation and all transaction history spanning the past six months.

Lagos, Nigeria (Nupo Deyon Daniel/Unsplash)

Markets

Binance CEO Richard Teng Sees Bitcoin Crossing $80K by Year End

Richard Teng replaced Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) as the new CEO of the crypto exchange in November 2023 after the latter resigned as part of a $4.3 billion settlement with U.S. authorities.

Binance CEO Richard Teng in an interview at the Financial Times'  Crypto and Digital Assets Summit in London. (CoinDesk/Lyllah Ledesma)

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Hong Kong's Markets Regulator Issues Warning Against Crypto Exchange Bybit

The Securities and Futures Commission added 11 Bybit products to its list of suspicious investments.

Hong Kong harbor skyline view into Kowloon

Policy

DeFi Borrower Behavior Key to Gauging Tokenization Risks: BIS Study

The study was designed to look at the largely unexplored "intricacies" of user behavior and dynamics of decentralized finance lending, the authors said.

16:9 BIS tower building (BIS)

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Australian Court Dismisses Lawsuit by Market Regulator Against Finder in 'Landmark' Ruling for Crypto Industry

The court found that The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) did "not establish that the Finder Earn product is a debenture" and ordered it to pay the defendant’s costs.

Sydney Opera House in Australia (Stanbalik/Pixabay)

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Terraform Labs Allowed to Hire Law Firm Dentons in Bankruptcy Case by U.S. Court: Reuters

Dentons agreed to send $48 million back to Terraform after objections from Terraform's creditors, the SEC, and the U.S. Justice Department.

Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon on CoinDesk TV in December. (CoinDesk)

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Instant Settlement Needed to Compete With Crypto, India's Markets Regulator Says

If traditional regulated markets cannot also offer tokenization and instantaneous settlement, investors could move to crypto, SEBI Chief Madhabi Puri Buch said.

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Binance-Nigeria Brawl Continues as Country Asks Exchange to Submit List of Top 100 Users

Nigeria is also demanding all transaction history spanning the past six months from Binance.

Lagos, Nigeria (Nupo Deyon Daniel/Unsplash)