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

French Fintech Lydia Taps Bitpanda to Let 5.5M Users Trade Crypto

Users of French payments app Lydia will now be able to trade over 170 crypto assets.

Los cofundadores de Bitpanda, de izquierda a derecha: Christian Trummer, Paul Klanschek y Eric Demuth.

Policy

Nigerian Payments App Reportedly Suspending Operations Due to Government Crackdown on Crypto

Payments platform KurePay plans to suspend services to Nigerian users starting in 2022.

Nigeria flag

Finance

Indian Government Submits Bill to Ban Most Cryptocurrencies, Dashing Hopes for Friendlier Measure

While the bill might be the same as the draft submitted in January, expectations had grown that the government would submit a final version that would be accommodative to crypto.

What Coinbase Job Postings in India Say About the Proposed Indian Crypto Ban

Policy

Crypto Heavyweight Moshe Hogeg Reportedly Arrested in Israel

The extensive list of allegations against Hogeg include misleading investors, theft, money laundering and sexual assault

Moshe Hogeg

Policy

Israel’s New AML Rules May Help Banks Onboard Crypto Clients

Regulators still need to issue guidance for banks on how to deal with crypto-related transactions

Israel flag (Michael Jacobs/Art in All of Us/Corbis via Getty Images)

Policy

European Commission Urges Members to Agree on Crypto Regulations

The commission is hoping to finalize its proposed regulatory sandbox for financial products based on distributed ledger technology by the end of the year.

Mairead McGuinness, Ireland's European Commissioner, speaks during a news conference in Brussels, Belgium, on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. The European Unions executive arm dismissed the idea of setting up a bloc-wide bad bank to help lenders offload distressed credit in the wake of the pandemic, instead offering to help governments create national entities if necessary. Photographer: Delmi Alvarez/European Commission/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Policy

The Crypto Industry Isn’t Too Thrilled About Biden’s Big Policy Moves

Crypto lobbyists now face two problematic tax provisions and some debatable recommendations on stablecoin regulation.

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 06: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a press conference in the State Dining Room at the White House on November 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. The President is speaking after his Infrastructure bill was finally passed in the House of Representatives after negotiations with lawmakers on Capitol Hill went late into the night. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Policy

Basel Committee to Review Proposed Capital Requirements for Banks With Crypto Assets

The banking regulator plans to issue a new consultative document in 2022.

Bank for International Settlements. Basel, Switzerland.

Policy

US Stablecoin Report Gets Mixed Reviews From Crypto Industry

Issuers’ reactions ranged from effusive to diplomatic, but lobbyists pushed back against stablecoin recommendations by the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets.

“The crypto industry is trying to walk a fine line between benefiting from the legitimacy provided by government oversight while trying to stay clear of extensive and intrusive regulation," says one academic. (Art Institute of Chicago)

Policy

US Lawmakers Call for Bitcoin Spot ETF in Letter to SEC Chair Gensler

Congressmen Tom Emmer and Darren Soto questioned why the SEC is uncomfortable with a spot bitcoin ETF when it already allows the trading of bitcoin futures ETFs.

Pro-Crypto Advocate Rep. Darren Soto on Infrastructure Bill: 'Ignorance Is Our Greatest Foe and Not Necessarily Partisanship'