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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Finance

Binance to Stop Accepting New U.K. Users to Comply With Ad Rules

The firm will stop accepting new users starting Monday after U.K. regulator FCA last week restricted Binance's local partner from approving crypto ads.

Pause (Nadine Shaabana / Unsplash)

Finance

Tether Freezes 32 Crypto Addresses Linked to Terrorism, Warfare in Israel and Ukraine

The combined value across the frozen wallets equated to $873,118.

Tether freezes wallets (Raisa Milova/Unsplash)

Policy

California 'BitLicense' Bill Signed by Gov. Newsom

The Digital Financial Assets Law will take effect on July 1, 2025.

California Governor Gavin Newsom signs crypto bill (Mario Tama/ GettyImages)

Policy

Tornado Cash Trading Volumes Nosedived 90% After U.S. Sanctions

While North Korean hackers have mostly moved to other Bitcoin mixers, some illicit use of Tornado Cash continues, a report from TRM Labs says.

Tornado Cash website and Discord taken offline (Nikolas Noonan/Unsplash)

Policy

U.S. State Regulators Intervene in Coinbase’s Unregistered Securities Case

Amicus briefs filed to support the SEC argue crypto is insignificant, only used for speculation, and captured by existing investor-protection rules.

(Alpha Photo/Flickr)

Markets

Bitcoin Is Fundamentally Different From Other Cryptocurrencies: Fidelity Digital Assets

The crypto’s first technological breakthrough was not as a superior payment method but as a superior form of money, the report said.

Analysts differ on bitcoin's ultimate reaction to a spot ETF (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto HODLers Stash Bitcoin Worth $1.35B Each Month, Onchain Data Show

The continued accumulation shows tightening supply and a widespread reluctance to transact, according to Glassnode.

bag of coins

Finance

WOO Network Buys Back Shares and Tokens From Bankrupt Three Arrows Capital

The 20 million WOO tokens repurchased from 3AC have been sent to a burn address.

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Finance

Binance's U.K. Partner Can't Approve Crypto Ads, Regulator Says

The Financial Conduct Authority may have derailed Binance's plans to comply with the new crypto marketing regime by imposing restrictions on the firm's recently enlisted local partner.

UK United Kingdom British England Flag (Unsplash)

Policy

Grocery Chain Trader Joe’s Sues Unaffiliated Crypto Project That’s Using Its Name; JOE Token Sinks

The grocer alleged the Trader Joe decentralized exchange chose a similar name to benefit from the former’s popularity.

Trader Joe is making changes to its tokenomics. (Trader Joe)