2025-12-07
Ace Bloomberg News investigative reporter @natalierobiko and senior independent journalist @SuparnaSharma teamed up with visual artist @an_anandrk to tell this important story on a subject close to my heart: digital arrests: https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Bloomberg
India's digital transformation has exposed citizens to scams like “digital arrests”, where victims are coerced into transferring funds under false accusations
She races into her bedroom, shuts the door behind her, then falls to the checkered-tile floor. The only place to hide is beneath the bed.
2025-08-23
Wherein I argue that all that prohibition ever does is to push people toward moonshine. Gift link in reply. India's Betting-App Ban Will Stoke Money Laundering - Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Bloomberg
India's move to ban online real-money games over addiction and money laundering concerns appears valid, but it may push users toward offshore crypto casinos
India also just banned real-money gaming. — In one shot, we killed a sector that …
Wherein I argue that all that prohibition ever does is to push people toward moonshine. Gift link in reply. India's Betting-App Ban Will Stoke Money Laundering - Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/...
The Hindu
Major real-money gaming platforms in India halted cash games after President Murmu signed the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025, into law
Most major platforms over August 21 and August 22 stopped offering cash games, in compliance with the Promotion and Regulation of Gaming Act …
2025-02-13
A free-to-read link to my latest @opinion column. I argue that the AI race is still wide open, and India should step up foundational research via universities and research institutions. The traditional tech industry is too risk averse to attempt moonshots. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Bloomberg
DeepSeek signals India's last chance to back foundational tech via state-funded research, as its private sector remains too risk-averse to lead AI innovation
Andy Mukherjee / Bloomberg :
2024-02-22
Sketchy actors riding speed and scale provide a backdrop to the RBI's latest regulatory actions. However, going beyond crime and punishment, three fundamental infirmities — identity, technology and competition — need fixing. My piece for @opinion: https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Bloomberg
The RBI's crackdown on Paytm, Visa, and others seems driven by sketchy actors riding speed and scale, underpinned by issues of identity, tech, and competition
identity, technology and competition — need fixing. My piece for @opinion: https://www.bloomberg.com/... Aditya Kalra / @adityakalra : Today's column by @andymukherjee70 takes me...
It was innovative to let a virtual address — like “amazon@pockets” — be a legitimate payee. However, the regulator will have a problem if the bank account linked to that ID belongs to “Ckjxh Fiddb” A lot of sketchy actors riding speed and scale. My piece: https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Bloomberg
The RBI's crackdown on Paytm, Visa, and others seems driven by sketchy actors riding speed and scale, underpinned by issues of identity, tech, and competition
identity, technology and competition — need fixing. My piece for @opinion: https://www.bloomberg.com/... Aditya Kalra / @adityakalra : Today's column by @andymukherjee70 takes me...
2021-07-05
New Delhi's tool for targeting Walmart and Amazon has changed from using FDI policy to twisting laws like the consumer protection act out of shape. It's a “Biden-proof” strategy, inspired by the “success” in going after Twitter and WhatsApp in much the same way. My take: https://twitter.com/...
Bloomberg
India is targeting Amazon and Walmart ostensibly to protect SMBs, but in reality it is creating a protectionist economy that benefits select local tycoons
Andy Mukherjee / Bloomberg : Tweets: @andymukherjee70 , @parryravi , @d_s_thakur , @arisroussinos , @samerkamal , and @unraveaero Tweets: Andy Mukherjee / @andymukherjee70 : New D...
2021-05-14
How will this money come to India? https://www.google.com.hk/... https://twitter.com/...
The Block
Vitalik Buterin sells large amounts of SHIB, AKITA, and ELON tokens, sent to him by coin creators, for ~$60M worth of ETH, and donates the proceeds to charities
The Block :
2020-12-14
“Facebook's human-rights staff have internally designated India a ‘Tier One’ country ... at the highest risk of societal violence ... Facebook staff's designation of India hasn't previously been reported.” https://www.wsj.com/...
Wall Street Journal
Sources: Facebook fears cracking down on Hindu extremist groups in India because of the likelihood that it could lead to violence toward its staff
Wall Street Journal :
2020-09-02
And it's done. “Eventually, unless Vodafone Idea raises significant capital or gets a strategic partner, we are headed for a duopoly.” https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Bloomberg
India's Supreme Court gives telecom operators 10 years to clear government dues totaling $19B, a significant concession from the original three month deadline
Upmanyu Trivedi / Bloomberg :
2019-11-25
An awesome weekend read about a honeymoon and a death in Jaipur, and a missing crypto fortune. The Secret Life and Strange Death of Quadriga Founder Gerald Cotten https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Vanity Fair
Inside the collapse of Quadriga crypto exchange, as law enforcement, accountants, and Reddit sleuths try to figure out if it was a legit operation or a scam
Nathaniel Rich / Vanity Fair :