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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Luna Only Makes Bermuda Love Stablecoins More

Digital assets are the future, Bermuda Premier David Burt said during the Consensus 2022 conference. He’s not worried about his country being shut out by jurisdictions like the EU.

Bermuda Premier David Burt speaks at Consensus 2022 about how stablecoins will be regulated in his country. (Jack Schickler/CoinDesk)

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Major Banks Urge Caution With European Union's CBDC Plans

The European Commission should evaluate the impact of issuing a digital euro, the Institute of International Finance said.

The EU is currently pondering whether to issue its own CBDC, a digital euro (D3Damon/Getty Images)

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US Stablecoin Law Could Actually Pass This Year, Lawmakers Say

The collapse of terraUSD only added extra fuel to the fire for those saying the sector needs regulatory clarity, and fast.

El senador Pat Toomey interviene en la conferencia Consensus 2022 en Austin, Texas. (Christian Barrett)

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Unhosted Crypto Wallet Rules Will Allow Innovation, US Treasury Official Vows

Storing crypto anonymously outside regulated venues lets people bypass sanctions and anti-money laundering checks, Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo said at Consensus 2022.

Wally Adeyemo, secretario Adjunto del Tesoro de los Estados Unidos. (Suzanne Cordiero/CoinDesk)

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Outgoing French Lawmaker Calls for Fossil-Based Crypto Mining Ban, DAO Legal Status

Europe needs to stop dithering and capture the crypto opportunity, Pierre Person says.

France's National Assembly in Paris (Edward Berthelot/Getty Images)

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Antsy Lithuania Latest to Anticipate EU Crypto Law With One of Its Own

Ministers don’t want a crypto disaster to happen while they’re waiting for Brussels lawmakers to dot the i’s on landmark MiCA legislation, but some warn their plans could wreck the sector.

Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, the latest country to seek to anticipate EU crypto laws (Westend61/Getty Images)

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DeFi 'Casino' May Need New Global Regulator, German Central Banker Says

Joachim Wuermeling called for immediate discussions on how to treat DeFi as the Financial Stability Board prepares a rule book for the crypto sector.

Debate rages on how to regulate decentralized finance. (Jeremy Moeller/Getty Images)

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Germany Issues Crypto Securities Guidance as Deadline Looms

Registries must meet money laundering, IT and governance requirements set by BaFin.

German lawmakers set out the rules for crypto securities registers last year. (Hiroshi Higuchi/Getty Images)

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DeFi Ledgers Can Help Regulators Oversee Sector, BIS Official Says

A new BIS working paper makes a case for "embedded supervision" that argues regulatory oversight can be built into seemingly untamable decentralized finance systems.

Raphael Auer, head of the BIS Innovation Hub's Eurosystem Centre, argues that "embedded supervision" can change the game for DeFi regulation. (BIS)

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Crypto Exchanges Should Lose Licenses for Laundering Breaches, EU Regulators Say

The advice comes as legislators reach the closing stages of the landmark crypto MiCA law.

The EU wants to get tough on money laundering after a string of scandals. (Caspar Benson/Getty Images)