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 Regulator to Consider Terra Coins’ Collapse in New Crypto Rules: Report

Market instability in stablecoins will need to be taken into account, the FCA's executive director for markets said.

May 20, 2022

The U.K.'s financial regulator will consider Terra when it puts together new crypto regulations. (Ramberg/Getty Images)

Policy

The FCA Is Holding Its First CryptoSprint: Here’s What the Digital Asset Community Wants From It

The U.K. regulator will meet crypto experts to discuss how to handle disclosing information related to issuance of crypto assets, regulatory obligations and custody regulations.

May 10, 2022

Finance

Nyan Heroes Raises $7.5M to Develop Play-to-Earn Game

The investment brings the company's valuation to $100 million.

May 9, 2022

Finance

Cometh Raises $10M to Boost Blockchain Game Adoption

The round was led by venture capital fund White Star Capital and decentralized autonomous organization Stake Capital.

May 5, 2022

Cometh has raised $10 million in a new funding round. (Getty Images)

Finance

Gate Ventures on Track to Close $200M Crypto Fund by Q3

The VC arm of Gate.io will invest in layer 1 and layer 2 protocols that can help build an open internet.

Apr 29, 2022

Finance

OneFootball Closes $300M Funding Round Led by Liberty City Ventures

The company also announced the formation of OneFootball Labs, a joint venture with Animoca Brands and Liberty City Ventures to accelerate its expansion into Web 3.

Apr 28, 2022

Finance

Goldman Sachs Says It Is Exploring the Tokenization of Real Assets

The global investment bank says it is looking into NFTs in the context of financial instruments because that is where the power is.

Apr 27, 2022

Policy

The UK's FCA Says It Has Been Focused on the More Negative Side of the Crypto Debate

The financial regulator tended to key in on the risks crypto present for financial stability, said the co-director of consumer and retail policy.

Apr 27, 2022

Policy

Gibraltar's Government Targets Crypto Market Manipulation With New Rules

Market manipulation has been an increasing risk among distributed ledger technology companies, Gibraltar’s Minister for Digital and Financial Services Albert Isola minister said in 2020.

Apr 27, 2022

Flags of the U.K., Gibraltar and the EU (Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)

Finance

Bakkt Adds 2 Female Board Members to Bolster Diversity

The crypto industry is dominated by men; according to a LinkedIn analysis from 2018 to 2021, 70% of new crypto hires were men.

Apr 22, 2022

Bakkt Holdings, Inc. leadership outside the New York Stock Exchange following a successful merger with VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings to take the firm public. (NYSE)

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