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.

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(L-R) Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Reserve Bank of India and Nirmala Sitharaman, Indian Finance Minister at the G20 Annual Meetings, in Washington DC in October 2022. (Indian Ministry of Finance)
India's Crypto Businesses Handed Anti-Money Laundering Obligations for First Time
They will have to register with the Financial Intelligence Unit and voluntarily report suspicious activities.
(L-R) Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Reserve Bank of India and Nirmala Sitharaman, Indian Finance Minister at the G20 Annual Meetings, in Washington DC in October 2022. (Indian Ministry of Finance)
Parliament house, Canberra, Australia. (Unsplash)
Australian Crypto Regulations Likely to Be Delayed Until Mid-2024: Report
The government is consulting with the industry now.
Parliament house, Canberra, Australia. (Unsplash)
CDCROP: Computer Hacking Hackers (Shutterstock)
Indian Crypto Exchange BitBNS Says Law Enforcement Advised Against Making Hack Public
A $7.5 million hack of the exchange in February 2022 was uncovered earlier this week by ZachXBT, a pseudonymous crypto sleuth.
CDCROP: Computer Hacking Hackers (Shutterstock)
CDCROP: Cityscape Tokyo, Japan (Ryo Yoshitake/Unsplash)
Three Japanese Banks Start Stablecoin Experiment
The institutions involved are Tokyo Kiraboshi Financial Group, Minna no Bank and The Shikoku Bank.
CDCROP: Cityscape Tokyo, Japan (Ryo Yoshitake/Unsplash)
(L-R) Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Reserve Bank of India and Nirmala Sitharaman, Indian Finance Minister at the G20 Annual Meetings, in Washington DC in October 2022. (Indian Ministry of Finance)
Global Crypto Rules to Be Based on Coming FSB and IMF Synthesis Paper, India Says After G-20 Meetings
The paper is expected to be ready by September.
(L-R) Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Reserve Bank of India and Nirmala Sitharaman, Indian Finance Minister at the G20 Annual Meetings, in Washington DC in October 2022. (Indian Ministry of Finance)
CDCROP: Parliament house, Canberra, Australia. (Unsplash)
Australian Markets Regulator Is Reviewing Binance Australia's Derivatives Services
Binance said on Thursday it had incorrectly tagged 500 Australian users as "wholesale investors."
CDCROP: Parliament house, Canberra, Australia. (Unsplash)
CDCROP: Empty desk chair office laptop layoffs (Unsplash)
Australian Crypto Gaming Firm Immutable Cuts Staff by 11%
The CEO blamed the layoffs on a need to maximise how long its cash reserves will last.
CDCROP: Empty desk chair office laptop layoffs (Unsplash)
Sandeep Naliwal, co-founder Polygon (Polygon)
Polygon Labs Cuts 20% Workforce, Almost 100 Jobs
The firm said that the job cuts are part of its consolidation earlier this year.
Sandeep Naliwal, co-founder Polygon (Polygon)
CDCROP: Japanese Yen money currency (Shutterstock)
Japan Will Launch Pilot for Issuing Digital Yen in April
The move comes after more than two years of proof-of-concept experiments by the BoJ.
CDCROP: Japanese Yen money currency (Shutterstock)
CDCROP: KPMG (Shutterstock)
Crypto Was Singapore's Top Area of Fintech Investment in 2022 Despite Global Slowdown: KPMG
For 2023, KPMG has predicted that it is "likely investments in crypto-focused firms will remain very slow."
CDCROP: KPMG (Shutterstock)