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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France to Explore Crypto Tax Treatment Next Year

The self-styled crypto hub won’t just copy and paste traditional finance norms, but Bruno Le Maire is also worried about energy consumption

Bruno Le Maire wants France to be a crypto hub (Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)

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UK Finance Minister Kwarteng Fired

He will be replaced by former Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt, who was once responsible for digital policy in the country.

New U.K. Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt (Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)

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Regulators Need Power to Take Down Foreign Crypto Sites, IOSCO Says

The global securities standard setter is worried about the rise of misleading financial advice on social media, including for crypto.

Regulators are worried about the rise of financial influencers like Kim Kardashian. (Daniele Venturelli/Getty Images)

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UK Lawmaker Matt Hancock Doesn’t Regret Pro-Crypto Swerve

The former cabinet minister is pushing for the government to be more pro-innovation.

U.K. lawmaker Matt Hancock (Matt Hancock)

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Slicing the Elephant: Inside the Design of a Digital Euro

There are plenty of decisions yet to be made about the landmark CBDC, the head of the ECB’s digital euro project, Evelien Witlox, tells CoinDesk.

The digital euro project manager at the ECB says the bank has sliced the elephantine task of developing the CBDC into smaller decisions. (Yuko Suzuki/EyeEm/Getty Images)

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'Comprehensive' International Crypto Rules Proposed by Influential Finance Watchdog

Financial Stability Board plans could see stablecoins forced to centralize and crypto conglomerates broken up.

Influential standard-setter the FSB wants a global crypto rulebook (Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images)

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Lawmakers Overwhelmingly Back EU's MiCA Crypto Law in Committee Vote

The landslide support paves the way for the landmark crypto licensing regulation to take effect in 2024.

The EU flag (Håkan Dahlström/Getty Images)

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Stablecoins’ Role in Cutting International Payment Costs Probed by Payments Watchdog

The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures wants to know if stablecoins can fulfil their promise of cheaper, quicker transactions, according to a new Financial Stability Board report.

Dutch Central Bank President and Financial Stability Board head Klaas Knot (Horacio Villalobos/Corbis/Getty Images)

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Global Crypto Standards Due Next Week Could Test Regulators’ Tech Mantra

Financial-stability norms to be set out next week could seek to extend financial regulations to the crypto world - or could seek to go in a whole new direction.

Influential standard-setter the FSB wants a global crypto rulebook (Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images)

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EU’s Russian Crypto Ban Confirmed as Bloc Tightens Sanctions

All crypto payments from Russians to European wallet providers will be forbidden.

EU crypto sanctions follow Russian President Vladimir Putin's deal with four separatist leaders (Getty Images)