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 Set to Prohibit Public Offers of Crypto

The FCA's paper also asks for industry input on its incoming markets admission and disclosures as well as market abuse regime.

FCA building with logo (FCA)

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Italy Set to Scale Back Planned Tax Hike on Crypto Capital Gains: Reuters

The tax increase will be significantly reduced during parliamentary work, lawmakers said.

Italy (Tanya Lapko / Unsplash)

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Companies Can Now Offer USDT Services in Abu Dhabi

Tether services can now be offered in the Abu Dhabi Global Market by authorized firms, the company said Tuesday.

Tether. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Matthew Long: The UK’s Crypto Gatekeeper

Under Long, the Financial Conduct Authority has been slow to approve crypto firms operating in the UK. Impending new rules may change that, however.

(Pudgy Penguins/CoinDesk)

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EU Countries Struggle to Implement MiCA as Deadline for Crypto Regulatory Revamp Looms

EU member states that have yet to adapt local law to implement MiCA by year's end include Belgium, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Luxembourg and Romania, according to a document shared with CoinDesk.

European Union Flags (Antoine Schibler/Unsplash)

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EU Approves Commissioners, Including Ones Who Will Likely Oversee Crypto Rules

Commissioners from France, Finland and Portugal are likely to have crypto within their remit.

European Commission building and three EU flags (Santiago Urquijo / Getty Images)

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Morocco Drafts Regulations for Crypto, Central Bank Governor Says

The nation banned crypto in 2017 but is now formulating rules for the sector.

Moroccan buildings and trees (Sergey Pesterev/ Unsplash)

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U.K. Financial Regulator Aims for Crypto Regime by 2026

The U.K.'s FCA is trying to be more transparent to the crypto sector after months of uncertainty.

Photo of people entering the FCA building

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UK to Draft a Regulatory Framework for Crypto, Stablecoins Early Next Year

The U.K.'s long awaited crypto rules are starting the legislative process just as the European Union's take effect.

Tulip Siddiq  (Nicola Tree/Getty Images)

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Stablecoin Issuer Paxos to Buy Finland's Membrane Finance to Gain EU Access

Paxos agreed to buy electronic money institution Membrane Finance, which is licensed in Finland.

Paxos CEO Charles Cascarilla (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)