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's Financial Services and Markets Bill Should be Passed by Spring 2023, Treasury Says

The Financial Services and Markets Bill that is currently being debated will give regulators more power over crypto.

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Kazakhstan to Press On With CBDC Development Until 2025

For the next two years the country will work on developing industrial operations and cooperate with other central banks on cross-border and currency-exchange applications.

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

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Nigeria to Recognize Crypto as Investment Capital: Report

A proposed bill will lay out crypto supervisory powers of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the country's securities regulator, an official has said.

Lagos, Nigeria (Nupo Deyon Daniel/Unsplash)

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Basel Committee Endorses Global Crypto Banking Rules to Be Implemented by 2025

The rules suggested that a bank's exposure to certain crypto assets must not exceed 2% and should generally be lower than 1%.

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DeFi podría agudizar la volatilidad pero no evitar a los intermediarios, según informes del Banco de Pagos Internacionales

El grupo de bancos centrales continúa en su pesimismo mientras las innovaciones de las criptomonedas buscan conseguir que los mercados financieros sean más eficientes.

Casa central del Banco de Pagos Internacionales en Basilea, Suiza. (Trabantos/Getty Images)

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DeFi Can Exacerbate Volatility Without Even Avoiding Middlemen, BIS Reports Say

The group of central banks continues its pessimism, as crypto innovations seek to make financial markets more efficient.

Casa central del Banco de Pagos Internacionales en Basilea, Suiza. (Trabantos/Getty Images)

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Incoming FCA Chair Calls Crypto Firms Like FTX 'Deliberately Evasive'

Ashley Alder, who is currently the CEO of Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission, will be commencing his role with the Financial Conduct Authority on Feb. 20, he told the Treasury Committee.

Ashley Alder will become chair of the U.K.'s FCA next year. (H.K. Securities and Futures Commission)

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Banco Central de Brasil podría lanzar una CBDC en 2024

El Banco Central considera que una moneda digital podría ser una forma de incrementar la participación en el sistema financiero.

Brazil (Agustin Diaz Gargiulo / Unsplash)

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Brazil Central Bank Plans to Launch a CBDC in 2024

The central bank sees a digital currency as a way of increasing participation in the financial system.

Brazil (Agustin Diaz Gargiulo / Unsplash)

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Canadian Securities Regulators to Strengthen Crypto Oversight After FTX Collapse

The country's securities regulatory body will consider enforcement action if crypto companies do not comply.

(Sebastiaan Stam/Unsplash)