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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Markets

AgriDex Settles First Agricultural Trade on Solana Blockchain

AgriDex "settled the transactions almost instantly, charging only 0.15% to each side of the trade" while in traditional systems "fees can be several percentage points per trade."

Agriculture (Pete Linforth/Pixabay)

Policy

Crypto Exchange Gate.io Exits Japan

"As one of the world's leading cryptocurrency exchanges, we strive to comply with financial regulations in all regions in which we operate," a blog on Gate.io said.

Tokyo, Japan (Ryo Yoshitake/Unsplash)

Policy

India Keeps Controversial Crypto Tax Rules Unchanged, Finance Minister's Budget Speech

The budget is the first since Prime Minister Narendra Modi was elected for a third straight term.

Indian President Droupadi Murmu (fourth from right), Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (third from right), Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary (fifth from right) before the budget presentation. (DD News)

Policy

BlockFi Administrator Submits Plan in Court to Make Customers Whole

The plan administrator revealed that a significant transaction had been closed which would enable a near-term final distribution of 100% for all eligible claims.

BlockFi (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Policy

India Unlikely to See Crypto Tax Reduction in Tuesday's Budget

An unexpected election result and last week's $230 million hack of crypto exchange WazirX appear to have dented any hopes of a reduction in the tax.

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

Policy

WazirX Files Police Complaint After $230M Hack, Engages With India's Cyber Crimes Unit

WazirX said "many exchanges" were "cooperating" with them and that their immediate plans included "tracing the stolen funds, recovering customer assets, and conducting a deeper analysis of the cyber attack."

New Delhi, India (Unsplash)

News Analysis

Germany Dumping $2.8B Bitcoin Is 'Market Intervention,' Despite Murky Legal Justifications

One expert told CoinDesk the law does not provide for an obligation, but merely an opportunity to sell, while another alleged that “How they handled this sell-off moved the market and is intervention in public markets.”

(Hiroshi Higuchi/Getty Images)

Policy

Standard Chartered, Animoca, and Three Others Join HKMA's Stablecoin Sandbox as Participants

On Wednesday, Hong Kong's central bank also said that it planned to present a bill on fiat-referenced stablecoins to the Legislative Council later this year.

Hong Kong harbor skyline view into Kowloon

Policy

Visa's Data Partner Allium Labs Raises $16.5M as Their New Findings Show Stablecoin Activity Is Back Up

Visa and Allium Labs released their latest findings on stablecoin activity which showed demand for stablecoins has picked back up in 2024 and there's a steady growth of monthly active stablecoin users.

Money (Alexander Mils/Unsplash)

Policy

BlockFi to Start Interim Crypto Distributions Through Coinbase This Month

BlockFi was the first victims of the contagion caused by crypto exchange FTX’s collapse in early November 2022 and filed for bankruptcy on Nov. 28, 2022.

BlockFi (Scott Olson/Getty Images)