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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Policy

UAE Exempts Crypto Transactions From Value Added Tax

The update in the law applies retrospectively from Jan. 1, 2018.

16:9 UAE dirham (Pixelline studios/Pixabay)

Policy

CFTC Subcommittee Sends Up Recommendations for Letting Firms Use Tokenized Shares as Collateral: Bloomberg

BlackRock and Franklin Templeton could see tokenized shares of their money-market funds traded as collateral by the end of the year.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission would be granted far-reaching authority over crypto trading and regulation in a new Senate bill. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Australia's Police Confiscates Crypto Worth $6.4M in Crackdown on 'Ghost' Messaging App

Operation Kraken has nothing to do with the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, the company said.

Sydney Opera House in Australia (Stanbalik/Pixabay)

Finance

Fan Tokens Have Much Larger Market Than NFTs, Says Chiliz CEO as Blockchain Prepares New Memecoin 'Pepper'

Chiliz CEO Alexandre Dreyfus called out the disproportionate hype around NFTs in comparison to fan tokens in an interview with CoinDesk.

16:9 Chiliz CEO Alexandre Dreyfus in Singapore during Token2049 (Courtesy: Amitoj Singh/CoinDesk)

Policy

'Is Daddy on the Airplane?' Jailed Binance Exec Gambaryan Family’s Ordeal in New Podcast

U.S. Rep. Rich McCormick, the congressman from Gambaryan’s district, alleged in the “Designated” podcast that Nigeria is holding him as a “hostage” and argued that all of America’s cards “should be on the table.”

(Shutterstock)

Policy

Circle Signals Plans to Bring USDC to Australia With Venture Capitalist Mark Carnegie

The partnership appears set to cover the Asia Pacific region since Carnegie's company has offices in Australia and Singapore.

Circle Chief Strategy Officer Dante Disparte (left) and CEO Jeremy Allaire (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Bithumb Weighs U.S. Nasdaq Listing: Report

Late last year, the South Korean cryptocurrency exchange was reported to be considering listing its shares on Kosdaq.

Bithumb (Shutterstock)

Policy

Binance Founder Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao Could Be Released on Friday

A Federal Bureau of Prisons rule states that an inmate whose release date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, may be released on the last preceding weekday.

Binance's CZ (Twitter/Modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

SEC's Gensler Won't Reveal His View on Trump's Bitcoin Reserve, Reiterates Bitcoin Isn't a Security

Gensler was responding to CNBC's question on whether the SEC chair was "warming up to top-tier crypto?"

SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Policy

Global Effort Disrupts Russia Linked Network Using Crypto to Evade Sanctions, U.S. Charges Two Russians

U.S. President Joe Biden said "to counter Russian sanctions evasion and money laundering, the Department of Justice, the Department of the Treasury, and the U.S. Secret Service have taken action today to disrupt a global cryptocurrency network, in coordination with international partners."

Department of Justice (Shutterstock)