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

Genesis Sues Gemini to Recover 'Preferential Transfers' Worth $689M

Genesis and Gemini have been embroiled in a public and legal feud since the collapse of FTX.

Genesis (Spencer Wing/Pixabay)

Tech

Sam Altman to Return as OpenAI CEO Following In-Principle Agreement

"I’m looking forward to returning to OpenAI, and building on our strong partnership with msft (Microsoft)," Altman said in a post early Wednesday.

OpenAI's Sam Altman, who has proposed Universal Basic Compute as a fix for automation-driven global equality. (Village Global/Flickr)

Policy

Canadian Regulator Seeks Feedback on Disclosure Rules for Bank Crypto Exposures

The country hopes to align local requirements with those proposed by international banking regulators.

Canada has unveiled new bank-capital plans for crypto (Pixabay)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Bittrex Global to Shut Down

All trading on the platform will be disabled on Dec. 4, several months after Bittrex's U.S. arm filed for bankruptcy and stopped operations.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

Osaka Digital Exchange to Start Security Token Trading Platform

The platform, named Start, will begin operation on Dec. 25 with a $20 million real-estate securities issuance.

(Shutterstock)

Policy

UK's Proposed Crypto Rules Could Drive Away Foreign Firms, Lawyers Say

The government has said it won't extend certain regulatory exemptions reserved for foreign TradFi firms to crypto, potentially making it tougher for companies to enter the market.

Firms may leave the country. (Romain V / Unsplash)

Policy

BlackRock Ether ETF Prospectus Gets Filed With SEC

The asset management giant last week registered the iShares Ethereum Trust, and via Nasdaq sought approval from the SEC for the new vehicle.

BlackRock HQ

Policy

Singapore Central Bank to Start 'Live' Wholesale CBDC Trials

The trials are part of a broader initiative to set up infrastructure for digital money transfers, including tokenization of banking assets.

(Shutterstock)

Policy

Do Kwon's Appeal in Fake Passport Case Denied by Montenegro High Court

The founder of Terraform Labs was sentenced to four months in prison, and faces extradition following the completion of his sentence.

Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon on CoinDesk TV in December. (CoinDesk)

Policy

CBDCs Good for Payments, Even With Competition: IMF

The International Monetary Fund's planned CBDC handbook offers guidance for policymakers on how to explore digital versions of sovereign currencies.

The IMF is looking at crossborder payments using CBDC (World Bank/Flickr)