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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DLT Securities Rules Are Here to Stay, EU Official Says

New European laws took effect in April, but fears over its limited scale may have inhibited take-up.

L-R: Bank of America's Christopher Wallace, Teunis Brosens of ING, the European Commission's Ivan Keller, the Bank of England's Sasha Mills and Marina Reason of Herbert Smith Freehills (Jack Schickler/CoinDesk)

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EU Privacy Watchdog Takes Aim at ‘Excessive Centralization’ of Digital Euro

The central bank digital currency has met significant opposition from lawmakers worried over the potential for state snooping

EU officials are touting the benefits of a digital euro. (Ervins Strauhmanis/Flickr)

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Banks Must Disclose Crypto Exposures, Global Regulator Says

The guidance will ensure transparency and market discipline, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision said

The Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland (Fred Romero/Flickr)

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EU Regulator Warns of ‘Opaque’ Crypto Firms as It Seeks to Close MiCA Loopholes

The European Securities and Markets Authority doesn’t want foreign companies operating via EU “letterbox” entities.

The EU has passed new crypto laws (Pixabay)

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Genesis Ordered to Comply With Terra Subpoena Within 5 Days

The crypto lender and trading firm failed to comply with requests made as part of a probe into Do Kwon's collapsed stablecoin, a New York judge said

Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon (CoinDesk TV)

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EU Markets Regulator Warns of DeFi’s ‘Serious Risks’

ESMA, responsible for rulemaking under the bloc’s landmark new crypto law MiCA, is worried about new forms of market manipulation when there’s no central counterparty

The EU has passed new crypto laws (Pixabay)

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U.S. State Regulators Intervene in Coinbase’s Unregistered Securities Case

Amicus briefs filed to support the SEC argue crypto is insignificant, only used for speculation, and captured by existing investor-protection rules.

(Alpha Photo/Flickr)

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Bankman-Fried Seeks to Probe Lawyers’ Involvement in $200M ‘Sham’ Alameda Loans

The defendant in a multi-billion fraud trial is pressing to blame legal advice, despite judicial reluctance to let him.

Sam Bankman-Fried outside court in July 2023. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Italy’s Cipollone Defends Digital Euro as He Seeks ECB Role

Remarks at a parliamentary hearing suggest no digital currency swerve when Fabio Panetta steps down from his role at the European Central Bank in November.

Piero Cipollone was grilled by EU lawmakers (European Parliament)

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Banks Would Have to Disclose Crypto Holdings Under New BIS Plan

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision previously recommended capital constraints to wall off TradFi from the likes of bitcoin and ether

Crypto-friendly Signature Bank collapsed in March 2023 (Alpha Photo/Flickr)