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

Justin Sun Reveals He Was Secret $28M Bidder for Seat on Bezos’ Spaceship

The Tron founder is planning to nominate and pay for five crew members to accompany him on his short trip to space next year.

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Policy

Binance Is Threatening to Block UK Derivatives Traders in a Move to Keep Regulators at Bay

U.K. users have until February to confirm if they are private investors or be blocked from accessing futures, margin, leveraged tokens and more.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (Akio Kon/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Policy

Ukraine Commercial Bank to Test Digital Currency Built on Stellar

The pilot will test an electronic hryvnia in handling payroll for public employees along with peer-to-peer and merchant payments

Flag of Ukraine (Kutay Tanir/Getty Images)

Policy

BIS Experiment Finds CBDCs to Be Effective in Cross-Border Settlements

A group of central banks successfully tested the use of a wholesale CBDC in international transactions between financial institutions.

BIS headquarters in Basil, Switzerland.

Finance

French Fintech Lydia Attains Unicorn Status With $100M Series C Funding

The funding round includes new investors Dragoneers and Echo Street along with existing backers Tencent, Accel and Founders Future.

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Policy

DeFi’s Decentralization Is an Illusion: BIS Quarterly Review

The BIS review dedicated a special feature to discussing decentralized finance and its implications for financial stability.

The headquarters of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is seen in Basel, Switzerland, on Tuesday, June 25, 2013. Central banks can't expand loose monetary policy without exacerbating risks to world economies, the Bank for International Settlements said this week. Photographer: Gianluca Colla/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Policy

NY Fed Launches Fintech Research Wing With BIS Help

The NYIC will be led by PwC alum Per von Zelowitz, who joined the New York Fed in July.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell (Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Policy

Tanzania Plans to Launch CBDC After eNaira Launch: Report

The country’s central bank has reportedly begun preparations for its own CBDC.

Tanzania Flag Against City Blurred Background At Sunrise Backlight (Getty Images/stockphoto)

Policy

European Council Takes One Step Closer to Ratifying Landmark Crypto Regulation

The European Council and Parliament will now negotiate the rules set out in the framework.

The European Union's flag

Markets

EToro to Limit Cardano and Tron for US Customers, Coin Prices Fall

The prices of the cryptocurrencies’ tokens have taken a hit following the announcement.

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