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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Grab’s Singapore Users Can Now Use Crypto to Make Payments
Grab's latest move has been made possible after its tie-up with Triple-A, a firm that enables businesses to pay and get paid in digital currencies, the report added.
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Nigerian Court Orders Binance to Relinquish Data of All Nigerians Trading on its Platform: Report
The interim order comes after an earlier report that Nigeria wanted Binance to give information regarding its top 100 users in the nation and all transaction history spanning...
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Binance CEO Richard Teng in an interview at the Financial Times'  Crypto and Digital Assets Summit in London. (CoinDesk/Lyllah Ledesma)
Binance CEO Richard Teng Sees Bitcoin Crossing $80K by Year End
Richard Teng replaced Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) as the new CEO of the crypto exchange in November 2023 after the latter resigned as part of a $4.3 billion settlement...
Binance CEO Richard Teng in an interview at the Financial Times'  Crypto and Digital Assets Summit in London. (CoinDesk/Lyllah Ledesma)
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Hong Kong's Markets Regulator Issues Warning Against Crypto Exchange Bybit
The Securities and Futures Commission added 11 Bybit products to its list of suspicious investments.
Hong Kong harbor skyline view into Kowloon
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DeFi Borrower Behavior Key to Gauging Tokenization Risks: BIS Study
The study was designed to look at the largely unexplored "intricacies" of user behavior and dynamics of decentralized finance lending, the authors said.
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Australian Court Dismisses Lawsuit by Market Regulator Against Finder in 'Landmark' Ruling for Crypto Industry
The court found that The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) did "not establish that the Finder Earn product is a debenture" and ordered it to pay the defen...
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Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon on CoinDesk TV in December. (CoinDesk)
Terraform Labs Allowed to Hire Law Firm Dentons in Bankruptcy Case by U.S. Court: Reuters
Dentons agreed to send $48 million back to Terraform after objections from Terraform's creditors, the SEC, and the U.S. Justice Department.
Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon on CoinDesk TV in December. (CoinDesk)
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Instant Settlement Needed to Compete With Crypto, India's Markets Regulator Says
If traditional regulated markets cannot also offer tokenization and instantaneous settlement, investors could move to crypto, SEBI Chief Madhabi Puri Buch said.
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Binance-Nigeria Brawl Continues as Country Asks Exchange to Submit List of Top 100 Users
Nigeria is also demanding all transaction history spanning the past six months from Binance.
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U.S. Government Study Concludes No NFT-Specific Legislation Needed, Current Copyright Laws Adequate
The study comes despite warnings about the risks associated with NFTs due to bad actors around correcting misinformation or misappropriation of trademarks.
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