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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Privacy-Enhancing Crypto Coins Could Be Banned Under Leaked EU Plans

Crypto providers would be forbidden from touching the likes of monero or dash under proposed government amendments to anti-money laundering rules.

Proposed EU money laundering rules for crypto have implications for online privacy (boonchai wedmakawand/Getty Images)

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Bitcoin Cash Could Be Legal Tender in St. Kitts by March, Prime Minister Says

The Caribbean nation could join El Salvador and the Central African Republic in backing crypto.

Beach at long haul bay Nevis island, St.Kitts and Nevis, Caribbean (Westend61/Getty Images)

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Binance Starts Recovery Fund for Crypto Projects Facing Liquidity Crisis

Tron founder Justin Sun said that Tron, Huobi Global and Poloniex will support Binance in its initiative.

Las especulaciones recientes sobre el estado de Binance, el exchange de criptomonedas más importante del mundo, también golpearon la participación de mercado de su stablecoin. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Crypto Exchange AAX Suspends Withdrawals as FTX Failure Reverberates

The suspension for as long as 10 days was blamed on the failure of an unidentified third party. The Hong Kong-based exchange has said it has no exposure to Sam Bankman-Fried’s company.

Amanecer en el Puerto de Victoria de Hong Kong, China. (Unsplash)

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Crypto Conglomerates Require 'Urgent Regulatory Attention,' European Watchdogs Say

The collapse of crypto exchange FTX and resulting turmoil are drawing concern from financial stability guardians.

Former CEO of FTX Sam Bankman-Fried (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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EU Lawmakers Vote for Stronger Cyber Protection for Crypto, Other Finance

The crypto world is highly prone to hacks and attacks, but the jury is out on the impact the new measures will have.

The European Parliament in Brussels (Santiago Urquijo/Getty Images)

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US Regulators Probing FTX Handling of Customer Funds: Bloomberg

FTX chief Sam Bankman-Fried denied customer funds were being re-invested in a now deleted tweet posted on Monday.

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Craig Barritt/Getty Images)

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What EU Merger Regulators Have in Store for Binance’s FTX Buy

European Union merger approval processes of 18 months can be sped up if there are concerns that FTX might topple, CoinDesk was told.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao at Consensus Singapore 2018 (CoinDesk)

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FTX, Binance Deal Draws Antitrust Concern

Regulators have tough powers to stop mergers that quash competition

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao (CoinDesk)

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CBDCs May Need Global Regulation, EU Commissioner Says

Paolo Gentiloni says a series of international agreements may be needed to stop state-backed digital currencies from infringing on countries' sovereignty.

EU Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni (Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)