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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Policy

Bitcoin, Ether Needn't Follow Financial Rules, Belgian Regulator Says

Officials hope to fend off a rising number of questions about how crypto should be regulated and when they should be treated as securities.

Brussels (Walter Bibikow/Getty Images)

Policy

3 Things We Learned at Tornado Cash Dev Alexey Pertsev's Trial

The prosecution said little about free speech during the trail of the Tornado Cash privacy protocol developer. The focus may be on the mechanics of DeFi.

Courthouse in ‘S Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, where Alexey Pertsev's case was heard. (Jack Schickler/CoinDesk)

Policy

Tornado Cash Developer Alexey Pertsev to Remain in Jail Until at Least Late Februrary

Pertsev, a Russian national living in the Netherlands, has been accused of facilitating money laundering by developing the now sanctioned app

(Jack Schickler/CoinDesk)

Finance

New FTX CEO Paid $1,300 an Hour, Court Filings Show

Other execs are billing $975 per hour, but the fees pale in comparison to the typical overall costs of corporate restructuring.

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried in the Bahamas (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Shuttered AAX Will Close Out Derivatives, Citing ‘Chance’ of Return to Normal

The Hong Kong crypto exchange hopes to be able to raise enough capital to reopen following a hack.

Hong Kong skyline (anuchit kamsongmueang/Getty Images)

Policy

Sorare, Under Pressure From France’s Gambling Regulator, Will Expand Free Access

Regulators and lawmakers are concerned about money laundering, child protection and gambling addicts

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Finance

Alameda Had ‘Secret Exemption’ From FTX Liquidation Protocols, New CEO Says

John Ray detailed a litany of management failings at the crypto exchange, which collapsed after revelations about its relationship with its trading arm

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

Bahamas May Have Directed 'Unauthorized' FTX Transactions, Filing Says

The exchange says it has credible evidence the Bahamas directed unauthorized access to its systems after it filed for bankruptcy in the U.S.

(Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Finance

New FTX Boss Condemns Management of the Crypto Exchange During Sam Bankman-Fried's Tenure

The company concealed the misuse of corporate funds, including buying property in the Bahamas for staff, John Ray said.

Lauren Remington Platt, FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and Gisele Bündchen at Crypto Bahamas conference in Nassau in April 2022  (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

German Banks' Crypto Interest Is Limited as Industry Is Plagued by ‘Crooks,’ Regulator Says

Germany’s Bafin issued just four crypto custody licenses, said Mark Branson, who sits on the supervision arm of the European Central Bank

Bafin president Mark Branson (Maurice Kohl/Bafin)