Sandali Handagama

Sandali Handagama is CoinDesk's deputy managing editor for policy and regulations, EMEA. She is an alumna of Columbia University's graduate school of journalism and has contributed to a variety of publications including The Guardian, Bloomberg, The Nation and Popular Science. Sandali doesn't own any crypto and she tweets as @iamsandali

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Policy

EU Industry Input 'Really Important' to Stablecoin Rulemaking Under MiCA, EBA Officials Say

During a Thursday hearing on proposed guidelines for stablecoin issuers, European Banking Authority officials urged stakeholders to engage with regulators to "start on the right footing."

The EU has passed new crypto laws (Pixabay)

Policy

European Central Bank Shows It’s Serious About Enabling Digital Euro Offline Use

The bank plans to allocate the lion’s share of its $1.3 billion contract budget for providers to work on enabling offline payments for a digital euro.

EU considers digital euro (Immo Wegmann/Unsplash)

Policy

Turkey Will Conclude Technical Studies for Crypto Legislation Soon: Finance Minister

Under draft proposals, crypto firms will be required to obtain licenses from the country’s capital markets regulator.

Turkish Flag Turkey (Unsplash)

Markets

PayPal's Stablecoin Part of Third Largest Liquidity Pool on Curve

Curve's FRAXPYUSD liquidity pool, which went live on Dec. 27, boasts the third largest TVL of $135 million.

Curve pools: FRAXPYUSD is the third largest by TVL (Curve)

Policy

Indonesian Authorities Crack Down on Bitcoin Miners Stealing Electricity From National Grid

The thieves allegedly tapped into utility poles of a state-owned energy firm to power mining operations.

A photo of four mining rigs

Policy

Argentina's Milei Proposes Incentives for Declaring Domestic, Foreign Crypto Holdings in Draft Bill

Crypto is captured in an asset-regularization regime included in a wide-ranging bill that's facing mounting backlash from citizens.

President of Argentina Javier Milei (Photo by Tomas Cuesta/Getty Images)

Finance

Cathie Wood's ARK Invests in ProShares Bitcoin ETF After Dumping Grayscale Holdings

The investment fund bought $9.2 million worth of BITO shares and also sold $27.6 million worth of Coinbase stock.

New York Stock Exchange with banner flagging ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF on the day it started trading.

Policy

Indonesian Crypto Exchanges Must Register With New Bourse or Face Shutdown

The government wants to use the national crypto bourse to make the ecosystem safer and gather transaction data for tax purposes.

Indonesia map (Jon Tyson/ Unsplash)

Markets

PancakeSwap Proposes to Reduce CAKE Token Supply by 300 Million

More than 99.95% of the community, representing 70,000 votes from CAKE holders, favored the proposal shortly after it went live.

pile of pancakes on a plate.

Policy

Nigeria Lifting Ban on Bank Accounts for Crypto Firms Could Lead to Usage 'Surge'

Pan-African crypto exchange Yellow Card has said it will seek licensing in the country.

Lagos, Nigeria (Nupo Deyon Daniel/Unsplash)