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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Governments May Restrict Foreign Access to Their CBDCs, Riksbank Official Says

Not all countries “play nicely” with each other, complicating how central bank digital currencies will interact with other payment systems, said Cecilia Skingsley, first deputy governor at the Swedish central bank.

Cecilia Skingsley, deputy governor at Sveriges Riksbank said governments could complicate CBDC interoperability. (BIS)

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Recent Crypto 'Bloodbath' Is Not Necessarily Bad, Regulators Say

The downturn can help weed out shady characters and doomed ventures, a number of officials and entrepreneurs said at a forum in Zurich last week.

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Singapore Will Crack Down on Bad Crypto Behavior: Report

The Monetary Authority of Singapore will be "brutal and unrelentingly hard," the central bank's chief fintech officer said.

An official at Singapore's central bank said it won't tolerate bad behavior in the crypto industry. (Peter Nguyen/Unsplash)

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Huobi Expands Exchange Operations to New Zealand

The move into New Zealand marks the latest step in the exchange's growth efforts.

Auckland, New Zealand (Dan Freeman/Unsplash)

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ECB Would Limit Digital Euro to Maximum 1.5T, Says Fabio Panetta

The central bank's executive board member believes few people understand what a digital euro is because "it's complicated."

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BIS Economists Contend Crypto Can't Fulfill the Role of Money

The nature of permissionless blockchains necessarily leads to “fragmentation of the crypto landscape,” according to the central banking group.

Basel, Switzerland, home to the BIS (Allan Baxter/Getty images)

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BIS Appoints Cecilia Skingsley as Head of Innovation Hub

Skingsley is currently the first deputy governor of Swedish central bank, Sveriges Riksbank.

Cecilia Skingsley (BIS)

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Copper's Swiss Unit Approved to Join Self-Regulatory Body VQF

Membership gives a stamp of approval to its compliance with Switzerland's anti-money laundering laws and allows the unit to operate.

Switzerland (Tim Trad/Unsplash)

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The Crypto Community Says the UK's FCA Is Finally Starting to Listen

The British regulatory agency's first CryptoSprint was focused on digital asset information disclosure, custody and other regulatory obligations.

British flag (Chris Lawton/Getty Images)

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ECB Warns That Crypto Risks Could Spill Over Into Wider Economy

Given the increasing risks of crypto, it is important to bring it into the regulatory perimeter as a matter of urgency, the European Central Bank said in a report.

The EU flag (Christian Lue/Unsplash)