Amitoj Singh

Regulatory Reporter – India

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.

Latest from Amitoj Singh

Policy

Hong Kong Officially Opens Crypto Trading to Retail Investors, Grants First Licenses to HashKey, OSL

OSL Digital Securities said retail investors can register to trade BTC and ETH effective immediately.

Aug 3, 2023

Policy

eToro Sued by Australia's Market Regulator for Leveraged Product

ASIC alleges that eToro's target market was far too broad and its screening test was very difficult to fail.

Aug 3, 2023

Sydney, Australia (Photo by Johnny Bhalla/Unsplash)

Policy

Race for Ether Futures ETFs Kicks Off With 6 Firms Filing SEC Applications

Volatility Shares, Bitwise, VanEck, Roundhill, ProShares and Grayscale have filed applications with the SEC for Ether ETFs.

Aug 2, 2023

Policy

G20 President India Publishes Its Input for Framing Global Crypto Rules

India's presidency note on crypto is an effort to have its suggestions included in the framing of global crypto rules.

Aug 2, 2023

(L-R) Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Reserve Bank of India and Nirmala Sitharaman, Indian Finance Minister at the G20 Annual Meetings, in Washington DC in October 2022. (Indian Ministry of Finance)

Policy

Binance Wins Operational License in Dubai

Binance met pre-conditions set since receiving a preparatory licence in September 2022.

Jul 31, 2023

Binance gets a license to operate more services in Dubai. (Kent Tupas/Unsplash)

Policy

SEC Told Coinbase to Stop Trading in All Cryptos Except Bitcoin Before Suing: FT

Armstrong said the SEC recommendation left them no choice but to head to court.

Jul 31, 2023

Policy

Sam Bankman-Fried Wants to Seal Caroline Ellison's Diary, Inner City Press Opposes

Inner City Press was previously involved in opposing Bankman-Fried's bid to keep bail co-signers secret, and has now asked the court to schedule a hearing on the matter if required.

Jul 28, 2023

Sam Bankman-Fried (right) exits the courtroom in Manhattan after a hearing on July 26, 2023. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

Binance to Reenter Japan in August 2 Years After Regulator's Warning

The return was made possible by Binance's purchase of regulated crypto exchange Sakura Exchange BitCoin last November.

Jul 26, 2023

Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao shakes hands with an unidentified person, poses for a photo

Policy

Crypto Exchange Rain Obtains License to Operate Virtual Asset Brokerage, Custody Service in UAE

Rain's Abu Dhabi-based entity can now offer institutional clients and some retail clients in the UAE the ability to buy, sell and store virtual assets.

Jul 25, 2023

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Craig Wright Will Be Able to Fight Bitcoin Copyright Claim in UK After Winning Appeal

The self-proclaimed author of the Bitcoin white paper claims the operation of Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash violate his intellectual property rights.

Jul 21, 2023

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