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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Hungarian Central Bank Sees No Imminent Need for e-Forint

The EU member is still trying out options for a central bank digital currency that could help the unbanked.

Hungary is exploring a digital forint (tomfield/Pixabay)

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Bit4You Affairs in Doubt Even Before CoinLoan Collapse, Belgian Regulator Says

FSMA’s comments suggest the exchange could have lost its license or potentially faced prosecution, even before Bit4You's Estonian corporate partner filed for insolvency.

Belgium's regulator revealed details about crypto exchange Bit4You (fdecomite/Flickr)

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Estonia’s Registered Crypto Firms Drop 80% as Tough New Checks Reveal 'Suspicious' Behavior

Regulators in the tech-friendly nation say they’ll now return to business-as-usual monitoring after money laundering fears led it to take a tough line.

Matis Mäeker has said the new law will professionalize the crypto sector. (Estonian FIU)

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Craig Wright Shows ‘Prima Facie Evidence’ of Contemptuous Conduct, U.S. Judge Says

The computer scientist who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto is still engaged in a $143 million dispute over bitcoin ownership.

Craig Wright at CoinGeek Conference New York (Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for CoinGeek)

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New York Attorney General Seeks New Crypto Powers for State Regulators

The bill would follow legal suits pursued by Letitia James against companies like Celsius, CoinEx and Nexo.

New York Attorney General Letitia James (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

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UK’s FCA Continues Crackdown on Unregistered Crypto ATMs

The regulator, along with local police, raided sites in Exeter, Nottingham and Sheffield, saying that the cash-to-crypto converters are unlawful and a money laundering threat.

Cajero automático de bitcoin. (Ivan Radic/Flickr)

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Supposed AI-Based Crypto Token Using Elon Musk's Image Targeted by Texas Securities Board

Five U.S. states are ordering TruthGPT Coin promoters to cease and desist using images of Elon Musk, Changpeng Zhao and Vitalik Buterin to promote what they describe as an investment scam.

Regulators say Elon Musk's image was used to promote a scam. (Daniel Oberhaus/Flickr)

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Celsius CEO Mashinsky Denies ‘Baseless’ Fraud Claims by New York State

N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James said Mashinsky misled investors about the health of the now-bankrupt crypto lender.

Alex Mashinsky (CoinDesk)

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Allow Influencers to Promote Registered Crypto Firms, French Senators Say

Lawmakers in the French National Assembly are seeking to effectively ban social media crypto promotions, but a key Senate committee appears to favor lighter restrictions.

The French Senate favors lighter restrictions on crypto influencers (jlxp/Pixabay)

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3AC Founders’ OPNX Exchange Formally Reprimanded by Dubai Crypto Regulator

The action by the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority targeting Kyle Davies, Su Zhu and others follows two cease-and-desist letters for operating an unregulated exchange.

Kyle Davies (left) and Su Zhu (middle). (Kyle Davies/X)