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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More than 40 Firms Join Central Bank Group to Explore Tokenization for Cross-Border Payments

The Bank for International Settlements launched Project Agorá in April and it brings together seven monetary authorities from the U.K., Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Switzerland, New York and Europe.

BIS building (BIS)

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English High Court Rules Tether's USDT Stablecoin Counts as Property

USDT attracts property rights as it can be the subject of tracing and can constitute trust property in the same way as other property, a judge in England declared.

Tether 's logo painted on a wooden background.

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EToro Reaches $1.5M SEC Settlement, Agrees to Stop Trading Most Cryptocurrencies

The only crypto assets U.S. customers will be able to trade on the company’s platform are bitcoin, bitcoin cash and ether, though the company said the practical effects on customers is minimal.

SEC office (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Russian Central Bank Targets July 2025 for Widespread Digital Ruble Use

The central bank wants to promote the widespread use of the digital ruble.

Russian flag (Egor Filin/ Unsplash)

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EU Regulator Sees Official Journal Publication of Stablecoin Standards Before Year-End

The European Banking Authority estimates that 15 technical standards, including those for stablecoin issuers, will become official before the end of 2024.

The EU's MiCA law starts to take effect at end-2024. (Pixabay)

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UK Regulator Charges First Individual With Running a Network of Illegal Crypto ATMs

Olumide Osunkoya, 45 year old Londoner has been accused of running crypto ATMs that processed British pounds 2.6 million ($3.4 million) in crypto transactions across various locations.

(FCA)

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Nigeria SEC to Commence Enforcement Action on Unlicensed Crypto Firms: Reports

We are certainly going to commence enforcement actions on anyone who wants to operate in this market and does not have the intention of being regulated, Emomotimi Agama, the SEC's Director General said.

Nigerian flag (Emmanuel Ikwuegbu/Unsplash)

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Coinbase Must Face Shareholder Lawsuit Over Regulator Risk Concerns, Judge Rules

A United States district judge granted in part and denied in part Coinbase's motion to dismiss the class action complaint.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk)

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Ripple Co-Founder Among Kamala Harris' New Corporate Endorsers

Chris Larsen's endorsement comes as Ripple has emerged as one of the biggest donors in the 2024 U.S. elections, though his choice may be at odds with the company CEO's support of Senate Republicans.

Kamala Harris (Getty Images / Win McNamee)

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UK Regulator Says 87% of Crypto Registration Applications Failed to Meet Standards for Approval

The FCA approved only four of the 35 applications it received in the year ended March 31.

(FCA)