Amitoj Singh

Amitoj Singh

Amitoj Singh is CoinDesk's regulatory reporter covering India. Amitoj owns a marginal amount of Bitcoin and Ether. He has previously written for CNN, Al Jazeera, Business Insider, Columbia Global Reports. Previously, he was Principal Anchor and News Editor at NDTV (New Delhi Television Ltd.), the go-to news network for Indians globally, and spent 12 years with the pioneering news organization. Amitoj likes to play cupid and as many as seven sports competitively and can occasionally hit the high note while singing.

Social

Recent

Photo of the SEC logo on a building wall
Race for Ether Futures ETFs Kicks Off With 6 Firms Filing SEC Applications
Volatility Shares, Bitwise, VanEck, Roundhill, ProShares and Grayscale have filed applications with the SEC for Ether ETFs.
Photo of the SEC logo on a building wall
(L-R) Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Reserve Bank of India and Nirmala Sitharaman, Indian Finance Minister at the G20 Annual Meetings, in October 2022. (Indian Ministry of Finance)
G20 President India Publishes its Input for Framing Global Crypto Rules
India's presidency note on crypto is an effort to have its suggestions included in the framing of global crypto rules.
(L-R) Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Reserve Bank of India and Nirmala Sitharaman, Indian Finance Minister at the G20 Annual Meetings, in October 2022. (Indian Ministry of Finance)
Binance gets a license to operate more services in Dubai. (Kent Tupas/Unsplash)
Binance Wins Operational License in Dubai
Binance met pre-conditions set since receiving a preparatory licence in September 2022.
Binance gets a license to operate more services in Dubai. (Kent Tupas/Unsplash)
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk)
SEC Told Coinbase to Stop Trading in All Cryptos Except Bitcoin Before Suing: FT
Armstrong said the SEC recommendation left them no choice but to head to court.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk)
Sam Bankman-Fried (right) exits the courtroom in Manhattan after a hearing on July 26, 2023. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
Sam Bankman-Fried Wants to Seal Caroline Ellison's Diary, Inner City Press Opposes
Inner City Press was previously involved in opposing Bankman-Fried's bid to keep bail co-signers secret, and has now asked the court to schedule a hearing on the matter if required.
Sam Bankman-Fried (right) exits the courtroom in Manhattan after a hearing on July 26, 2023. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao shakes hands with an unidentified person, poses for a photo
Binance to Reenter Japan in August 2 Years After Regulator's Warning
The return was made possible by Binance's purchase of regulated crypto exchange Sakura Exchange BitCoin last November.
Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao shakes hands with an unidentified person, poses for a photo
Abu Dhabi (Kamil Rogalinski/Unsplash)
Crypto Exchange Rain Obtains License to Operate Virtual Asset Brokerage, Custody Service in UAE
Rain's Abu Dhabi-based entity can now offer institutional clients and some retail clients in the UAE the ability to buy, sell and store virtual assets.
Abu Dhabi (Kamil Rogalinski/Unsplash)
Craig Wright (Rob Mitchell/CoinDesk)
Craig Wright Will Be Able to Fight Bitcoin Copyright Claim in UK After Winning Appeal
The self-proclaimed author of the Bitcoin white paper claims the operation of Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash violate his intellectual property rights.
Craig Wright (Rob Mitchell/CoinDesk)
paris, france
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.
paris, france
(Shutterstock)
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.
(Shutterstock)