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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UK Wants to Make It Easier to Seize Crypto in Terrorism Cases

The government wants to mirror planned changes to the Economic Crime and Transparency bill to enable authorities to swiftly seize crypto assets linked to terrorist activities.

Parliament (Henn Photography/GettyImages)

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OECD Releases New Global Tax Reporting Framework for Crypto Assets

The framework's scope will include stablecoins, crypto derivatives and certain NFTs.

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Crypto Exchange Binance Receives License to Operate in Kazakhstan

The exchange had earlier got a preliminary approval to operate in the country.

Binance is on track to being able to operate in Kazakhstan. (Alexander Serzhantov/Unsplash)

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UK Shuts Down Temporary Crypto Company Licensing Program

The time it takes to register a firm depends on the quality of the information provided to the Financial Conduct Authority, the regulator told CoinDesk.

London (Artur Tumasjan/Unsplash)

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Uzbekistan Introduces Monthly Fees for Crypto Companies Effective Immediately

The new regulations also require crypto custody platforms, mining pools and individual miners to pay monthly fees to the government.

Uzbekistan imposes new monthly fees for crypto firms. (Snowscat/Unsplash)

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Bank of England Deputy Governor Says Existing Financial Regulations Should Extend to Crypto

Jon Cunliffe says rules should be put in place before the digital-asset industry becomes large enough to threaten broader financial stability.

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ECB Exploring Distributed Ledger Technology for Interbank Settlements: Panetta

A system that builds on existing interbank settlement infrastructure instead of one based entirely on DLT can be implemented "more rapidly" according to ECB executive board member Fabio Panetta.

The EU flag (Christian Lue/Unsplash)

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UK Introduces Law to Seize, Freeze and Recover Crypto

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency bill is meant to build on an earlier law that helped regulators place sanctions on Russia.

The U.K. wants to crack down on illicit crypto activity. (Simon Frederick/Unsplash)

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S. Korean Watchdog Says $7.2B Transfered Overseas Mainly Through Crypto Exchanges: Report

Majority of the transfers were in U.S. dollars and most of the funds were transfered to Hong Kong, according to the report.

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Crypto Remains a Priority for UK Under New Leader, Drawing Industry Excitement

Industry advocates in the country worried previous finance minister Rishi Sunak's crypto plans wouldn't pan out, especially after his recent defeat in the race for prime minister.

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