Amitoj Singh

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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Parliament house, Canberra. (Unsplash)
Australia Senate Committee Rejects Crypto Bill From Opposition Senator Andrew Bragg
Bragg said the Labor government had put regulating crypto in the slow lane.
Parliament house, Canberra. (Unsplash)
New Delhi (Unsplash)
OKX Planning Web3 Foray Into India, Chief Marketing Officer Says
OKX plans to scale up its wallet services "exponentially" by tapping into India's much-talked-about developer community.
New Delhi (Unsplash)
(Seba)
Crypto Bank Seba Wins In-Principle Approval to Operate in Hong Kong
Approval is the first step in acquiring a full license for Seba Hong Kong to deal in crypto or virtual assets-related products and traditional securities.
(Seba)
Left to right: Vimal Sagar, co-founder and chief operating officer; Govind Soni, co-founder and chief technology officer; Ashish Singhal, co-founder and CEO (CoinSwitch Kuber)
Indian Crypto Exchange CoinSwitch Cuts Support Team, Citing Market Doldrums
The firm laid off 44 employees from the team, which still has 82 members.
Left to right: Vimal Sagar, co-founder and chief operating officer; Govind Soni, co-founder and chief technology officer; Ashish Singhal, co-founder and CEO (CoinSwitch Kuber)
Barry Silbert. CEO & Founder Digital Currency Group (DCG)
DCG Reaches Crucial In-Principle Deal With Genesis Creditors, Recoveries Could Be Up to 90%
The plan could result in recoveries of 70% to 90% in USD equivalent for unsecured creditors and 65% to 90% recovery on an in-kind basis.
Barry Silbert. CEO & Founder Digital Currency Group (DCG)
Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani (YouTube
Indian Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Firm Will Explore Blockchain Platforms and CBDCs
India has already made significant progress towards a wholesale and retail CBDC even though a full-scale launch is awaited.
Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani (YouTube
Parliament house, Canberra, Australia. (Unsplash)
Australia's CBDC Likely Some Years Away, Central Bank Says
The report said that in a way a "CBDC could be viewed as an enabling complement to, rather than substitute for, private sector innovation."
Parliament house, Canberra, Australia. (Unsplash)
From left: Sumit Gupta (Co-founder & CEO), Neeraj Khandelwal (Co-founder), Gaurav Arora (Sr. Vice President), Vivek Gupta (EVP Engineering). (CoinDCX)
Indian Crypto Exchange CoinDCX Is Cutting 12% of Jobs as Bear Market, Taxes Take Their Toll
The number of employees losing their jobs is 71 out of some 590.
From left: Sumit Gupta (Co-founder & CEO), Neeraj Khandelwal (Co-founder), Gaurav Arora (Sr. Vice President), Vivek Gupta (EVP Engineering). (CoinDCX)
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
FTX Debtors Revise Settlement Proposal After Objection From U.S. Trustee
The latest proposal will see the debtors include the U.S. Trustee as a noticed party and reduce the maximum settled value for claims from the earlier $10 million to $7 million...
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (right) ahead of India’s G20 Presidency with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. (Indian Finance Ministry)
G20 Set to Crystalize Global Crypto Rules as India Wraps Up Presidency
G20 nations, supported by the FSB and IMF under India’s presidency, are set to bring into implementation perhaps the first global crypto regulations ahead of the Leaders’ Summ...
Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (right) ahead of India’s G20 Presidency with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. (Indian Finance Ministry)