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

FTX Holds $1.16B in SOL, $200M in Bahamas Real Estate, Court Filing Says

The company says it paid billions to executives including founder Sam Bankman-Fried before filing for bankruptcy last year.

Nassau, the Bahamas, where FTX owns hundreds of millions of dollars of real estate (Flickr)

Finance

Steve Kokinos, Creditors Named to Run Celsius 2.0

Executives from WeWork, Lehman Brothers and miner US Bitcoin will serve on the board of the crypto lender’s successor, as will two members of Celsius’ own creditor committee

Celsius is being sold to crypto consortium Fahrenheit (Pixabay)

Policy

Digital Euro Conspiracy Theories and Privacy Concerns Put EU Central Bankers in the Hot Seat

Officials promise privacy controls for the possible new CBDC, but are less clear how to respond to wilder opposition.

EU officials are struggling with opposition to digital euro plans (Manuel Augusto Moreno/Getty Images)

Policy

U.K. Crypto Firms Can Apply for 3-Month Reprieve to Comply With Tough New Ad Rules

Bans on aggressive marketing were set to take effect in October, but companies can apply to delay some aspects until January.

FCA building with logo (FCA)

Policy

Find Who’s Responsible for DeFi Projects and Regulate Them, Global Securities Body Says

IOSCO worries decentralized financial applications could harm investors and markets – and casts doubt on their main premise

International standard setters at Iosco have proposed DeFi rules (Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images)

Learn

MiCA, EU’s Comprehensive New Crypto Regulation, Explained

The European Union is set to be the world’s first major jurisdiction with a tailored, comprehensive crypto law – promising legal certainty, compliance challenges and global implications.

The EU's MiCA law regulates crypto (Matthias Kulka/Getty Images)

Policy

Ex-Celsius CEO Mashinsky's Assets Ordered Frozen by Court as DOJ Case Continues

Corporate bank accounts and a Texas property are now untouchable after the former executive’s July arrest.

Former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky outside a courthouse in New York on July 25, 2023. (Anna Baydakova/CoinDesk)

Policy

Larry David’s Super Bowl Ad Casts Doubt on FTX.US Separation, DOJ Says

Sam Bankman-Fried says the FTX exchange’s bankruptcy isn’t relevant ahead of his October fraud trial.

Larry David's FTX Super Bowl ad has been brought up ahead of Sam Bankman-Fried's criminal trial. (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)

Policy

Creditors Accuse Genesis of Ballot-Stuffing Over $175M FTX Deal

Genesis is facing headwinds as it seeks to finalize its wind-up after a January bankruptcy – and is now being accused by Gemini and other creditors of voter “manipulation.”

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

Controversial Digital Euro Plan to Be Led by Architect of Landmark MiCA Crypto Law

Center-right lawmaker Stefan Berger, who previously negotiated the MiCA crypto law for the European Parliament, now heads up a CBDC proposal many colleagues are skeptical about.

The EU has passed new crypto laws (Pixabay)