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

Sandali Handagama

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Global Finance Watchdog Says $133B Stablecoin Sector Remains Niche

The Financial Stability Board, a G20 entity that provides recommendations for the global financial system, found stablecoins are not being used at any significant scale for payments at present.

FSB Chair Randal Quarles (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

Finanças

New Chainalysis Report Reveals Who’s Leading the World in Crypto Adoption

The blockchain data firm changed its methodology this year for ranking countries on their level of adoption, with Vietnam and India topping the list.

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Finanças

Northern Data Slumps as Market Manipulation Allegations Surface

Investors have lost about $300 million after reports BaFin filed a complaint against the company.

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Política

BIS Outlines How Stablecoins Could Comply With International Money Standards

The BIS’s new report contains preliminary guidance for stablecoin arrangements and the regulators that may oversee them.

BIS headquarters in Basil, Switzerland.

Finanças

Bitpanda to Offer Its Digital Asset Investing Product to Italian Banks, Fintechs

The Austrian firm will work with open-finance provider Fabrick.

Italy

Política

CBDC Impact on Banking Sector Could Be Manageable: New BIS Report

Three new reports by a BIS working group analyze policy options and practical implementation issues of a retail CBDC.

BIS headquarters in Basil, Switzerland.

Política

Digital Euro Isn’t Guaranteed After Experiment, ECB Advisor Says

The European bank’s two-year digital euro experiment will focus on a retail CBDC.

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY MARCH 27: (BILD ZEITUNG OUT) Sculpture with the euro logo in front of the European Central Bank building on March 27, 2020 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. (Photo by Mario Hommes/DeFodi Images via Getty Images)

Política

BIS Signals Central Banks to Start Work on CBDCs

The head of the BIS Innovation Hub says central banks must retain the ability to uphold financial stability.

Benoit Coeure, executive board member of the European Central Bank (ECB), pauses at the central, eastern and south-eastern European economies (CESEE) conference at the European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. International Monetary Fund leader Christine Lagarde called on governments to de-escalate current trade disputes and instead work to fix the global system. Photographer: Andreas Arnold/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Política

European Finance Regulator Calls Crypto ‘Volatile’ but Innovative

The European Securities and Markets Authority published a report on financial trends and risks last week.

European Securities and Markets Authority Chairman Steven Maijoor (Marlene Awaad/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Política

Here’s How the US’s Infrastructure Bill Crypto Tax Provision Might Be Implemented

The House of Representatives will vote on the infrastructure bill at the end of the month.

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 23: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen answers questions during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing to examine the FY 2022 budget request for the Department of the Treasury on Capitol Hill  June 23, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Greg Nash -Pool/Getty Images)