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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Germany Publishes First Nationwide Tax Guide for Crypto

The finance ministry's letter deals with the income tax treatment of mining, staking, lending, hard forks and airdrops.

The German finance ministry in Berlin (Karl-Heinz Spremberg/Getty Images)

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Global Financial Stability Watchdog FSB Says It Could Write Crypto Rulebook

The Financial Stability Board joins tax and money-laundering bodies in responding to calls for coordinated international action to regulate the industry.

Klaas Knot (Horacio Villalobos/Corbis/Getty Images)

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EU Ban on Tax-Haven Crypto Firms Could Breach Trade Law, Commission Warns

Lawmaker proposals to blacklist non-compliant firms are getting a rough ride as landmark MiCA legislation reaches its final stages.

The European Commission (Walter Zerla/Getty Images)

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UK Promises New Laws to Promote, Seize Crypto

Prince Charles promised laws on economic crime and financial services as he introduced the government's legislative agenda at the formal opening of a new session of Parliament.

The State Opening of Parliament. (Arthurt Edwards/WPA Pool/Getty Images)

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Chilean Digital Peso Would Need to Work Offline, Central Bank Governor Says

Design principles are due out later this week, though no final decision has been taken on the digital peso.

Chilean pesos (Buenaventuramariano/Getty Images)

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The Bahamas’ ‘Sand Dollar’ Needs Improved Cybersecurity, IMF Says

The CBDC represents just a tiny fraction of the available currency in the Caribbean nation, the international organization noted.

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How Big Is Crypto Crime, Really?

Estimates of the scale of online crime range from under 1% to nearly half of all crypto activity – CoinDesk analyzes the approach to these estimates.

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In Estonia, the Party’s Over for 'Hippie' Crypto Firms

New licensing requirements passed last year could see the country’s crypto community slashed by 90%.

Tallinn, Estonia (Pawel Toczynski/Getty Images)

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NFT Issuers Could Have to Centralize and Register Under EU's MiCA Rules, France Warns

The EU bill would also tackle decentralized finance and bitcoin's energy use.

European Union flag (Håkan Dahlström/Getty)

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Council of Europe Calls for Crypto Laundering Clampdown

The council's Moneyval committee warned of fraud, tax evasion and market manipulation taking place through virtual assets.

Palace of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France. (Madzia71/Getty Images)