Camomile Shumba

Camomile Shumba is a CoinDesk regulatory reporter based in the UK. Previously, Shumba interned at Business Insider and Bloomberg. Camomile has featured in Harpers Bazaar, Red, the BBC, Black Ballad, Journalism.co.uk, Cryptopolitan.com and South West Londoner.

Shumba studied politics, philosophy and economics as a combined degree at the University of East Anglia before doing a postgraduate degree in multimedia journalism. While she did her undergraduate degree she had an award-winning radio show on making a difference. She does not currently hold value in any digital currencies or projects.

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Tokenization Could Pose Risks to Financial System, FSB and BIS Warn

The Financial Stability Board identified three vulnerabilities of tokenization: The underlying reference asset; the participants in distributed ledger technology based tokenization projects; and new technology's interaction with legacy systems.

globe held in someone's hand (Greg Rosenke/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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UAE Region Ras Al-Khaimah Launches Framework for Decentralized Autonomous Organizations in Free Zone

The regime will enable DAO's to have tax optimization and legal clarity, Dr. Sameer Al Ansari, CEO of RAK DAO said in a statement.

Blockchain (Yuichiro Chino/GettyImages)

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Bitnomial Exchange Sues U.S. SEC, Alleging Regulatory Overreach

Bitnomial's action follows a similar suit filed by Crypto.com on Tuesday.

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Binance Executive Tigran Gambaryan Denied Bail in Nigeria

The Binance executive has been detained in Nigeria since February.

Tigran Gambaryan, Binance's head of crime compliance, is one of two executives detained in Nigeria. (Shutterstock/Consensus)

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Crypto.com Sues SEC, Chair Gary Gensler After Receiving Wells Notice

The case seeks to prevent the SEC from "unlawfully expanding its jurisdiction" to cover secondary-market sales of certain network tokens sold on the exchange.

Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek during a 2022 interview (Crypto.com)

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Coinbase to Delist Unauthorized Stablecoins in EU by December

Tether, which is the largest issuer of stablecoins, doesn't have the necessary e-money license yet in the European Union.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk)

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U.S. Judge Sides With SEC in Case Against Crypto Wallet Rivetz Over Sale of Unregistered Securities

United States District Judge Mark Mastroianni granted the SEC's motion for a summary judgement.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Man Pleads Guilty to Illegally Operating Crypto ATM Network in the UK

This marks the first U.K. conviction for running a crypto ATM operation.

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Japan Plans to Review Its Crypto Rules: Bloomberg

The review which will occur over the coming months could also pave the way for crypto exchange traded funds.

Tokyo, Japan (Ryo Yoshitake/Unsplash)

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Fantasy Sports Company Sorare Charged With Providing Unlicensed Gambling Facilities in U.K.

Sorare was charged with violating the Gambling Act 2005 in the regulator's first move against a blockchain-based platform.

Sorare denies its blockchain-based fantasy soccer game violates U.K. gambling laws. (Unsplash)