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’s Crypto Legal Framework Inches Towards Law With Finance Ministers’ Sign-Off

The landmark Markets in Crypto Assets regulation was given final approval by the EU’s Council, which also agreed a new law for sharing data on crypto tax holdings.

The EU flag (Christian Lue/Unsplash)

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EU Crypto Tax Plans Include NFTs, Foreign Companies, Draft Text Shows

Laws set to be agreed next week would require crypto companies to register with tax authorities, even if they’re based outside the bloc or offering non-fungible tokens.

The EU is set to agree new crypto tax laws (Ralph/Pixabay)

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BlockFi Customers Can Be Repaid $300M Held in Custodial Accounts, Judge Says

A further $375 million that users tried to transfer out of interest-bearing accounts after Nov. 10 still belongs to the estate, Bankruptcy Judge Michael Kaplan said

BlockFi CEO Zac Prince at Consensus 2019 (CoinDesk)

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EU Could Veto Large Stablecoins During MiCA Approval Process, Regulator Signals

The European Banking Authority doesn’t want private permissionless crypto initiatives to threaten monetary policy privileges.

The European Banking Authority's Jose Manuel Campa (ECB/Flickr)

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Bittrex’s U.S., Maltese Arms Processed $425M in Withdrawals Since April 1, Attorney Says

The company filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this week, but says no customer funds were re-used and that liabilities meet assets

Oklahoma's new laws protect Oklahomans’ right to self-custody their crypto and prevent the state and local governments from banning crypto mining (Unsplash)

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New Rules on Sharing Crypto Tax Data ‘Unanimously Supported’ by EU Members

Officials are optimistic finance ministers will formally agree on laws allowing the sharing of information on crypto and NFT holdings between tax authorities next week.

The European Commission headquarters in Brussels (Jack Schickler/CoinDesk)

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Hungarian Central Bank Sees No Imminent Need for e-Forint

The EU member is still trying out options for a central bank digital currency that could help the unbanked.

Hungary is exploring a digital forint (tomfield/Pixabay)

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Bit4You Affairs in Doubt Even Before CoinLoan Collapse, Belgian Regulator Says

FSMA’s comments suggest the exchange could have lost its license or potentially faced prosecution, even before Bit4You's Estonian corporate partner filed for insolvency.

Belgium's regulator revealed details about crypto exchange Bit4You (fdecomite/Flickr)

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Estonia’s Registered Crypto Firms Drop 80% as Tough New Checks Reveal 'Suspicious' Behavior

Regulators in the tech-friendly nation say they’ll now return to business-as-usual monitoring after money laundering fears led it to take a tough line.

Matis Mäeker has said the new law will professionalize the crypto sector. (Estonian FIU)

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Craig Wright Shows ‘Prima Facie Evidence’ of Contemptuous Conduct, U.S. Judge Says

The computer scientist who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto is still engaged in a $143 million dispute over bitcoin ownership.

Craig Wright at CoinGeek Conference New York (Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for CoinGeek)