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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Crypto Exchange Gemini Starts Up in France With EU's MiCA Laws Weeks From Kicking In

Companies registered in EU nations by year-end will be able to continue operating while they secure licenses under MiCA regulations that take effect at the end of the year.

Gemin's Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (Image Catcher News Service/Getty Images)

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UK Government Plans Pilot for a Digital Gilt Instrument Using Distributed Ledger Technology

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will mention the DLT-based digital gilt instrument in her first annual speech laying out her long-term vision.

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

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Central Bank Group BIS Names Hernández de Cos as Next General Manager

ES Pablo Hernández de Cos has called for digital euro implementation and helped put in place global crypto banking rules.

BIS building (BIS)

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French Regulator Says It's 'Examining' Polymarket

The scrutiny comes after a French national profited handsomely on the platform by placing large bets on Trump winning the U.S. election

A French flag flutters atop a building (Pourya Gohari/Unsplash)

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UK Lords Echo Support for Digital Assets Property Bill

The bill could aid in efforts to remain at the forefront globally, Lord Frederick Ponsonby of Shulbrede said.

(Drop of Light/Shutterstock)

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German Chancellor Scholz Calls Snap Election as Coalition Government Collapses

Olaf Scholz is looking to bring the general election forward to March from September.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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Kemi Badenoch Is New Leader of U.K. Conservative Party

The leadership election was set-off by former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's decision to resign as party leader.

UK Conservative Party Leadership Contest Result, Kemi Badenoch Wins (Dan Kitwood/ GettyImages)

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Crypto Policy Didn't Occupy the Spotlight in Elections in Austria, Georgia

Elections in Georgia were more focused on whether or not the country should align further with the European Union or Russia.

Voting booths (Philip Oroni / Unsplash)

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Netherlands Starts Consulting on Crypto Tax Reporting Bill

The bill would require crypto services to share their users data with tax authorities.

The Netherlands' flag (Unsplash / Chris Robert)

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Binance's Tigran Gambaryan Has Left Nigeria Following 8-Month Detention

After money laundering charges were dropped against the Binance executive, he was allowed to leave Kuje prison last night.

Tigran Gambaryan, Binance's head of crime compliance, is one of two executives detained in Nigeria. (Shutterstock/Consensus)