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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Kraken Seeks Jury Trial in SEC Lawsuit, Presents Defense Arguments

Binance and Coinbase also face similar allegations by the SEC of violating federal securities laws for failing to register as a broker, clearinghouse or exchange.

Screenshot from Kraken's promotional materials for its new wallet (CoinDesk/Kraken)

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India and Nigeria Lead the World in Crypto Adoption Again, but Indonesia Is Fastest Growing: Chainalysis

The U.S. maintained its fourth position from 2023, while Vietnam fell from third to fifth.

The flag of India and Nigeria. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

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Singapore Investigating Seven People for Providing Worldcoin Services

On Aug. 7, Singapore's police warned the public against giving away or selling their Worldcoin accounts or tokens.

(Larry Teo/Unsplash)

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Binance Unit Tokocrypto Is Third Crypto Exchange to Score Full License in Indonesia

More than 30 exchanges still have applications pending.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

The Sandbox's Largest Market for Creators Is Now India: Co-Founder Sebastien Borget

India has more than 66,000 creators on the Metaverse platform compared with 59,989 creators in the U.S. and 25,335 in Brazil.

Animation of The Sandbox and BharatBox (BharatBox)

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Qatar Brings in Crypto Rules Framework in a Sign of Web 3 Development in the Middle East

Companies can now apply for a license to become token service providers.

Doha, Qatar (Pexels/Pixabay)

Finance

Extremely Unlikely WazirX Customers Will Be Made Whole in Crypto Terms: Legal Advisers

WazirX co-founder Nischal Shetty said the numbers are as of today and the objective is to reduce the gap through various efforts.

WazirX CEO Nischal Shetty (WazirX)

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SEC Might Challenge FTX Bankruptcy Estate From Paying Back Customers With Stablecoins

The SEC said that it may challenge any transactions of distributions involving crypto assets to creditors.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Russia Is About to Try Using Crypto to Get Around Sanctions

Experts doubt it will work, given the traceability of blockchains and the risk of even tougher sanctions for Russia.

16:9 Crop: Russian President Vladimir Putin. (DimitroSevastopol/Pixabay)

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Banks Using Permissionless Blockchains for Transactions Face Multiple Risks: BIS

Risks include operations and security, governance, legal, settlement finality and compliance, the report said.

BIS building (BIS)