Camomile Shumba

Regulatory Reporter, UK

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.

Latest from Camomile Shumba

Policy

UK's Proposed Crypto Rules Could Drive Away Foreign Firms, Lawyers Say

The government has said it won't extend certain regulatory exemptions reserved for foreign TradFi firms to crypto, potentially making it tougher for companies to enter the market.

Nov 16, 2023

Firms may leave the country. (Romain V / Unsplash)

Tech

Standard Chartered Investment Arm Launches Tokenization Platform

Libeara will enable the creation of a tokenized Singapore dollar government bond fund.

Nov 15, 2023

Standard Chartered building (Chengting Xie/Unsplash)

Policy

UK Cabinet Reshuffle Gives Bim Afolami Responsibility for Crypto, CBDC, Replacing Griffith

His predecessor, Andrew Griffith, will head up the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

Nov 14, 2023

U.K Economic Secretary Bim Afolami (U.K. Parliament)

Policy

EU Parliament Approves Data Act With Smart-Contract Kill Switch Provision

The final version of the bill's text, reviewed by CoinDesk in July, revealed that it contained a smart-contract kill switch clause.

Nov 9, 2023

European regulators will focus more on banks' exposure to crypto-linked entities. (Christian Lue/Unsplash)

Policy

BIS Researchers Say Stablecoins Are Failing to Live Up to Promise

For stablecoins to be able to be used as a means of exchange they should be able to maintain their value during the day, economists at the Bank for International Settlements said.

Nov 8, 2023