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

Digital Euro Could be More Popular Beyond EU's Borders: Lagarde

Authorities in the EU, U.S. and other jurisdictions need to compare notes on central bank digital currencies to regulate them better, according to the ECB chief.

ECB President Christine Lagarde (Thierry Monasse/Collaboratore/Getty Images)

Policy

S. Korean Authorities Look to Freeze $67M Bitcoin Tied to Terra's Do Kwon

Interpol has issued a Red Notice for Kwon's provisional arrest pending extradition, as a worldwide search for the Terraform Labs co-founder continues.

Do Kwon, cofundador de Terraform Labs. (Terra)

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Best Universities for Blockchain 2022: Politecnico di Milano

Ranked No. 33, Politecnico di Milano’s Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Observatory puts one of Italy’s best universities at the forefront of cutting-edge industry research in the Mediterranean. This story is part of CoinDesk's Education Week.

Best Universities for Blockchain 2022 (Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Indonesia tiene planes globales para las criptomonedas locales

El país considera a los tokens como una forma de impulsar su economía.

Yakarta toma un interés activo para regular el sector de las criptomonedas. (Getty Images)

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Policy

Indonesia Has Global Plans for Local Crypto Tokens

The country sees the tokens as a way to boost its economy.

Yakarta toma un interés activo para regular el sector de las criptomonedas. (Getty Images)

Policy

Israeli Exchange Bits of Gold Becomes First Crypto Firm to Receive Capital Markets License

The firm will now be able to work with local bank and financial institutions.

(Carl & Ann Purcell/Getty Images)

Policy

La Unión Europea finaliza el reglamento de la normativa cripto bajo la ley MiCA

Un borrador del texto que se filtró muestra que las normas podrían aplicarse a stablecoins algorítmicas y NFTs fraccionados, según revisiones hechas por CoinDesk.

 EU flag (Unsplash)

Policy

EU Finalizes Legal Text for Landmark Crypto Regulations Under MiCA

A leaked draft of the text, reviewed by CoinDesk, shows the rules could apply to algorithmic stablecoins and fractionalized NFTs.

The EU flag (Håkan Dahlström/Getty Images)

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Policy

Iran to Start Testing a Digital Rial This Week

The country's central bank published a draft document outlining goals and opportunities for a digital currency in August.

Iran's central bank is ready to test a digital rial (Peter Polic/EyeEm/Getty Images)

Finance

El exchange FTX no está autorizado para operar en Reino Unido, advierte el organismo de control financiero

Sin embargo, FTX le comentó a Bloomberg que piensa que un estafador se está haciendo pasar por la empresa.

Página de inicio del sitio web de la Autoridad de Conducta Financiera para la organización de regulación financiera del Reino Unido. (Shutterstock)