Jack Schickler

Jack Schickler was a CoinDesk reporter focused on crypto regulations, based in Brussels, Belgium. He previously wrote about financial regulation for news site MLex, before which he was a speechwriter and policy analyst at the European Commission and the U.K. Treasury. He doesn’t own any crypto.

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EU Commission’s Digital Euro Bill Back on Track for June 28, Lead Official Says

The controversial central bank digital currency proposals had been removed from the EU executive’s agenda.

EU Commissioner Mairead McGuinness (Jack Schickler/CoinDesk)

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EU Commission Brushes Off 'Data Act' Fears by Crypto Industry

New rules could kill off permissionless smart contracts, the industry worries.

The EU Data Act has raised smart contract fears (Pixabay)

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EU Legislation for Digital Euro Is Put on Hold: Source

A bill covering privacy and distribution of the central bank digital currency, originally scheduled for June 28, will be delayed

The ECB is considering whether to issue its currency in digital form (moerschy/ Pixabay)

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IMF Official Presents Blueprint for Cross-Border CBDCs

The organization wants to help cut the cost of cross-border transactions without abandoning compliance checks or capital controls, Tobias Adrian, director of IMF’s monetary and capital markets department said.

The IMF is looking at crossborder payments using CBDC (World Bank/Flickr)

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Blockchain Anti-Counterfeiting Trials ‘Promising,’ EU Agency Says

The European Union's intellectual property office EUIPO wants traders and customs authorities to use open-source tools to authenticate branded goods.

Blockchain could halt fakes in global trade, the EUIPO believes. (Steve Gibson/Flickr)

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Binance Under Investigation in France for 'Aggravated' Money Laundering

Binance is suspected of illegally providing digital asset services to local customers, and implementing poor money laundering checks, the Paris public prosecutor told CoinDesk.

Changpeng Zhao ,CEO of Binance, at Consensus Singapore 2018 (CoinDesk)

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EU to Consult on Crypto Complaints, Conflict of Interest Rules in July

The bloc’s securities-market authority ESMA is to fill in the details of the flagship crypto law MiCA

The EU agency warned about crypto (Ralph/Pixabay)

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EU’s Leaked Digital Euro Bill Outlaws Interest, Large Holdings, Programmability

The central bank digital currency must be usable offline from day 1 to safeguard privacy, the draft law says.

The EU is considering whether to issue digital currency. (stubblepatrol.com/Flickr)

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Crypto Lender Celsius Updates Bankruptcy Plan After Fahrenheit Deal

The plan, filed on Thursday, could face legal opposition from borrowers.

Fahrenheit's bid to buy Celsius must still be approved (Mustang Joe/Flickr)

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3AC Seeks Contempt of Court Ruling on Founder Kyle Davies for Failing to Respond

Ignoring a subpoena warrants a fine of $10,000 per day, the estate of his hedge fund argues

Kyle Davies (left) and Su Zhu (middle). (Kyle Davies/X)