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

UK Crypto, Stablecoin Laws Approved by Parliament's Upper House

The Financial Services and Markets Bill stands to recognize crypto as a regulated activity and stablecoins as a means of payment under existing laws.

UK Parliament Building and Big Ben, London (Ugur Akdemir/Unsplash)

Policy

Do Kwon Sentenced to 4 Months Jail in Montenegro Document Forgery Case

The court has also ordered the confiscation of two Costa Rican passports, two Belgian passports and two identity cards belonging to Kwon and Terra executive Han Chang-Joon.

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

Policy

UK Financial Watchdog Cancels Binance Permissions on Firm's Request

U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority said Binance's local unit is no longer authorized to provide any regulated services in the country.

Changpeng Zhao, commonly known as "CZ", founder and CEO of Binance, at Davos in 2023. (Casper Labs)

Policy

IMF Official Presents Blueprint for Cross-Border CBDCs

The organization wants to help cut the cost of cross-border transactions without abandoning compliance checks or capital controls, Tobias Adrian, director of IMF’s monetary and capital markets department said.

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

Policy

France's Markets Regulator Backs Global Rules for DeFi

The AMF wants industry stakeholders to contribute to a discussion about its views on supervising DeFi, DAOs and associated risks.

The Financial Markets Authority in Paris, France (Jack Schickler/CoinDesk)

Policy

Blockchain Anti-Counterfeiting Trials ‘Promising,’ EU Agency Says

The European Union's intellectual property office EUIPO wants traders and customs authorities to use open-source tools to authenticate branded goods.

Blockchain could halt fakes in global trade, the EUIPO believes. (Steve Gibson/Flickr)

Policy

Binance Under Investigation in France for 'Aggravated' Money Laundering

Binance is suspected of illegally providing digital asset services to local customers, and implementing poor money laundering checks, the Paris public prosecutor told CoinDesk.

Changpeng Zhao ,CEO of Binance, at Consensus Singapore 2018 (CoinDesk)

Policy

Central Banks Successfully Test Over 30 CBDC Use Cases, Including Offline Payments

An API layer could facilitate a wide range of central bank digital currency payment scenarios, a Bank for International Settlements and Bank of England experiment has shown.

Francesca Hopwood Road, directora del Innovation Hub London Centre del BPI.

Policy

Do Kwon to Remain in Custody While Montenegro Courts Consider Extradition Request

Courts in the country approved bail for the Terraform Labs founder, but a South Korean extradition request is set to keep him in jail.

Do Kwon. (Terra, modificado por CoinDesk)

Policy

Crypto Lender Celsius Updates Bankruptcy Plan After Fahrenheit Deal

The plan, filed on Thursday, could face legal opposition from borrowers.

Fahrenheit's bid to buy Celsius must still be approved (Mustang Joe/Flickr)