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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EU Delays Vote on MiCA Crypto Legislation Until February

Technical issues in the lengthy text could delay the start of the licensing regime set out in the Markets in Crypto Assets regulation.

The European Commission in Brussels, Belgium (Santiago Urquijo/Getty Images)

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UK Powers to Regulate Crypto Ads Approved by Lawmaker Committee

All kinds of unregistered crypto providers could also be outlawed by the rules – not just stablecoin issuers.

Coinbase ad on London Underground (Tube). August 2021. (Sheldon Reback/CoinDesk)

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Analyzing What's Next for Europe's Markets in Crypto Assets Law

Issuers of stablecoins are just one of the many areas that will be subject to more regulation under the EU's Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA).

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Switzerland Sticks to Tougher ID Checks for Crypto to Cash Transactions

Customers will be subject to the checks if they make transactions that total $1,000 or more over the course of a month.

Switzerland (Tim Trad/Unsplash)

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France, Switzerland, Singapore to Test DeFi in Forex Markets

The countries' central banks started Project Mariana because they think decentralization could be the future of finance.

Singapore's central bank is among those testing DeFi for foreign exchange markets. (seng chye teo/Getty Images)

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UK Stablecoin Rules Approved by Lawmaker Committee

Rishi Sunak’s government said it wants to 'tentatively seize' crypto opportunities as it prepares to widen the regulatory net.

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New NFT Rules Possible if Lawmakers Ask, EU Official Says

The treatment of non-fungible tokens wasn’t fully resolved by Brussels’ landmark Markets in Crypto Assets regulation.

The European Parliament could prove key to new NFT rules for the EU. (FrankyDeMeyer/Getty Images)

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EU Stablecoin Caps Could Lighten or Get Tougher, French Official Warns

Limits on stablecoins denominated in currencies other than euros were among the most controversial elements of the European Union’s Markets in Crypto Assets law.

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UK Minister Proposes Measures to Regulate Crypto Ads, Ban Unauthorized Providers

Andrew Griffith introduced the acts as amendments to an existing financial-services and markets bill.

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DeFi’s ‘Severe Threat’ Needs New Kind of Regulation, EU Commission Told

The EU executive is seeking academic input as it turns its attention to decentralized finance based on software protocols

The EU Commission, Parliament and Council are due to begin negotiations on the MiCA framework. (Daniel Day/Getty Images)