Jack Schickler

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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The Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland (Fred Romero/Flickr)
Banks Must Disclose Crypto Exposures, Global Regulator Says
The guidance will ensure transparency and market discipline, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision said
The Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland (Fred Romero/Flickr)
The EU has passed new crypto laws (Pixabay)
EU Regulator Warns of ‘Opaque’ Crypto Firms as It Seeks to Close MiCA Loopholes
The European Securities and Markets Authority doesn’t want foreign companies operating via EU “letterbox” entities.
The EU has passed new crypto laws (Pixabay)
Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon (CoinDesk TV)
Genesis Ordered to Comply With Terra Subpoena Within 5 Days
The crypto lender and trading firm failed to comply with requests made as part of a probe into Do Kwon's collapsed stablecoin, a New York judge said
Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon (CoinDesk TV)
The ESMA warned of "serious risks" of investors being harmed by DeFi. (Pixabay)
EU Markets Regulator Warns of DeFi’s ‘Serious Risks’
ESMA, responsible for rulemaking under the bloc’s landmark new crypto law MiCA, is worried about new forms of market manipulation when there’s no central counterparty
The ESMA warned of "serious risks" of investors being harmed by DeFi. (Pixabay)
Coinbase has been sued by the SEC (Alpha Photo/Flickr)
U.S. State Regulators Intervene in Coinbase’s Unregistered Securities Case
Amicus briefs filed to support the SEC argue crypto is insignificant, only used for speculation, and captured by existing investor-protection rules.
Coinbase has been sued by the SEC (Alpha Photo/Flickr)
Sam Bankman-Fried outside court in July 2023. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
Bankman-Fried Seeks to Probe Lawyers’ Involvement in $200M ‘Sham’ Alameda Loans
The defendant in a multi-billion fraud trial is pressing to blame legal advice, despite judicial reluctance to let him.
Sam Bankman-Fried outside court in July 2023. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
Piero Cipollone was grilled by EU lawmakers (European Parliament)
Italy’s Cipollone Defends Digital Euro as He Seeks ECB Role
Remarks at a parliamentary hearing suggest no digital currency swerve when Fabio Panetta steps down from his role at the European Central Bank in November.
Piero Cipollone was grilled by EU lawmakers (European Parliament)
Crypto-friendly Signature Bank collapsed in March 2023 (Alpha Photo/Flickr)
Banks Would Have to Disclose Crypto Holdings Under New BIS Plan
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision previously recommended capital constraints to wall off TradFi from the likes of bitcoin and ether
Crypto-friendly Signature Bank collapsed in March 2023 (Alpha Photo/Flickr)
FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried is escorted out of the Magistrate's Court on December 21, 2022 in Nassau, Bahamas. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Two Multimillion-Dollar Jets May Be Forfeit, DOJ Says
The assets, whose ownership is in dispute, could potentially be used to pay back creditors of FTX.
FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried is escorted out of the Magistrate's Court on December 21, 2022 in Nassau, Bahamas. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
The Dutch central bank is responsible for registering crypto companies (Flickr)
Dutch Crypto Companies Score Legal Win in Fight Against $2.3M Supervision Bill
The Dutch central bank shouldn’t have made Binance successor Coinmerce and others pay for their anti-money laundering registration, a Rotterdam court said
The Dutch central bank is responsible for registering crypto companies (Flickr)