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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The UK Has Created Crypto Banking Problems

U.K. lobbying groups and lawmakers have been complaining that crypto clients can’t find a bank and are faced with restrictions, so they are calling the government to act.

(Getty Images)

Policy

El Salvador President Bukele to Introduce Bill That Would Eliminate Taxes on Technology Innovations

The country in 2021 became the first nation to adopt bitcoin as legal tender.

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele (Getty Images)

Policy

Nigeria's eNaira Wallet Use, Transactions Climb Amid Cash Shortages: Bloomberg

The number of eNaira wallets has jumped more than 12-fold to 13 million since October, and the value of transactions has climbed 63% this year.

A shortage of cash in Nigeria has prompted more Nigerians to use the country's digital currency. (TVC News)

Policy

UK’s FCA Can’t Protect Crypto Investors From Losses, Says Agency’s CEO

Nikhil Rathi made the remarks in testimony in front of the Treasury Select Committee on Wednesday.

Nikhil Rathi (FCA)

Policy

Coinbase Sued by Customer Who Says Exchange Refused to Reimburse Him for $96K Lost in Hack

The victim alleges the exchange violated various laws when it failed to pay him for the money he lost.

Coinbase's Base blockchain has gone live (Chesnot/Getty Images)

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U.S. Lawmakers to Reintroduce Crypto Tax Reform Bill: Report

The Keep Innovation in America Act was first introduced in March 2021.

(Cristina Glebova/Unsplash)

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BIS Says 'Hub-and-Spoke' Cross-Border Transfers Offer Benefits to Retail CBDC

The system is designed to offer users the best foreign-exchange rates and faster transactions while allowing central banks to keep almost total control of their currencies.

(Hubert Neufeld/Unsplash)

Tech

Chainlink Price Feeds Go Live on Base, Coinbase’s Layer 2 Testnet

Base also joins the Web3 services platform's Scale program, allowing developers to construct smart contracts that can react to external information at a subsidized cost.

Chainlink CEO Sergey Nazarov (Chainlink Labs)

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Bankrupt Crypto Lender Celsius Reopens Withdrawals for Certain Custody Accounts

The firm paused withdrawals last June, citing extreme market conditions.

Celsius Network is now allowing withdrawals from some accounts after freezing the accounts last June. (Unsplash)

Tech

Chainlink Launches Platform to Help Web2 Connect With Smart Contracts

The beta version of Chainlink Functions is now live on the Ethereum Sepolia and Polygon Mumbai test networks.

Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov (Chainlink)