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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Wholesale CBDC Would Improve Cross-Border Payments, French Central Bank Tests Show

Banque de France said it ran multiple experiments to test central bank digital currencies for wholesale payments, issued "directly on" distributed ledger technology.

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Policy

Deadlines for U.S. Spot Bitcoin ETF Approvals Come Into Sight

The applications by industry giant BlackRock and others have sparked speculation approval will be granted.

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Policy

G20 Nations Welcome FSB's Tougher Crypto Rules, Says Presidency Holder India

On Monday, international standard-setter FSB called for tougher rules on safeguarding crypto clients’ assets.

(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

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong to Meet House Democrats About Crypto Legislation: Bloomberg

Armstrong will meet privately with Congress members from the New Democrat Coalition.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

Despite BlackRock, Don’t Expect a Flood of Spot-Bitcoin ETFs Soon: Experts

BlackRock’s recent application to start a Bitcoin ETF has raised hopes that the SEC would soon approve an instrument seen as key to crypto’s growth. But a range of market watchers contacted by CoinDesk said several roadblocks still lie ahead.

Larry Fink on Fox News (Fox Business)

Policy

SEC's Gensler 'Disappointed' by Part of Ripple's XRP Judgement, Still Assessing Opinion

Ripple scored a partial victory in its fight with the SEC last week with a court ruling that institutional sales of the tokens violated federal securities laws, but sales on exchanges and programmatic sales did not.

SEC Chair Gensler (Evelyn Hockstein-Pool/Getty Images)

Policy

SEC Launches Review of Latest Bitcoin ETF Applications

The clock on the SEC's review process doesn't formally start ticking until the filings are published in the federal register.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has postponed spot bitcoin ETF responses for two applicants.  (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Congressman Torres Calls for Investigation Into SEC Over its Approach to Crypto

Rep. Torres (D-N.Y.) addressed one letter to the SEC's Inspector General Deborah Jeffrey and another to the Government Accountability Office's Comptroller General Gene Dodaro.

The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

FTX Bankruptcy Lawyers Ask Court for $323M Recovery From FTX Europe Leadership

Sam Bankman-Fried and the FTX Group had paid a total amount of approximately $323.5 million in return for the acquisition of Swiss Company DAAG which would ultimately come to be known as FTX Europe.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves federal court in New York after his arraignment and bail hearings on Dec. 22. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Policy

Stablecoins Pose 'Existential Threat' to Policy Sovereignty, Says India Central Bank Official: Report

"If large stablecoins are linked to some other currency, there is a risk of dollarization," RBI Deputy Governor Rabi Sankar has said.

The Reserve Bank of India (Shutterstock)