
Lee Reiners
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Lee Reiners
@leereiners
FinReg scholar & Teacher. Co-organizer of Digital Assets at Duke🎙 Co-Host of Coffee & Crypto with Lee & Jimmie. MOOC Coursera professor - FinTech Law & Policy



Discussed Clarity Act's passage out of Senate Banking Committee, tokenized repo, @The_DTCC's tokenization service, @SECPaulSAtkins' views on on-chain markets, & @coinbase partnering w/ @HyperliquidX. Plus an update from @ncino's conference w/ @jimmie_lenz: open.spotify.com/episode/6klRf0…










🚨 FT scoop: Iran demands $1 per barrel of oil passing through Strait of Hormuz, wants to be paid in cryptocurrency



I spoke with CFTC Chairman @MichaelSelig about artificial intelligence, prediction markets, and crypto. He is a pro-innovation regulator, but he also understands the important nuances of many of these technologies and their impact. This was fun to hear from him directly. YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=Zjo1JR… Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3aAL5z… Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cft… TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 0:59 - SEC & CFTC cooperation & new policy direction 3:44 - AI, crypto & prediction markets shaping the future 7:49 - Insider information, manipulation & market risks 13:23 - Decentralization & regulating on-chain markets 17:14 - The rise of AI trading agents 21:30 - AI, memes & misinformation in financial markets 23:04 - Should regulators be allowed to use crypto? 25:00 - Innovation task force & new policy initiatives 27:18 - Bridging the gap between lawmakers & builders 29:30 - Perpetual futures and new crypto market products 31:16 - The role of regulators in managing market risk


The Arizona Attorney General today filed criminal charges against one of our registered exchanges related to prediction markets. This is a jurisdictional dispute and entirely inappropriate as a criminal prosecution. The @CFTC is watching this closely and evaluating its options.

