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UK crypto regulation (and MiCA)

By Chris Brummer
Posted April 19, 2023 at 9:00am

 Is this crisis (really) like 2008?

By Chris Brummer
Posted March 24, 2023 at 5:52pm
Ayo Omojola, head of product for Carbon Health.

Product market fit

By Chris Brummer
Posted March 21, 2023 at 1:26pm
Circle’s Chief Strategy Officer Dante Disparte

Dante Disparte on Circle, stablecoins and Silicon Valley Bank’s lessons for policymakers

By Chris Brummer
Posted March 13, 2023 at 2:43pm
Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein and General Counsel Craig Salm

Grayscale’s oral argument

By Chris Brummer
Posted February 28, 2023 at 5:16pm
Stu Levi of Skadden Arps joins this week.

ChatGPT’s IP land mines

By Chris Brummer
Posted February 22, 2023 at 3:45pm
Historian Margaret O’Mara joins this week’s episode of Fintech Beat.

The past and future Silicon Valley

By Chris Brummer
Posted February 13, 2023 at 1:36pm

‘Howey’ gonna regulate crypto?

By Chris Brummer
Posted January 18, 2023 at 10:02am
Steve McLaughlin, founder and CEO of FT Partners.

After the asteroid: What’s next for fintech in 2023?

By Chris Brummer
Posted January 12, 2023 at 3:00pm

The vanishing fintech IPO

By Chris Brummer
Posted January 4, 2023 at 3:28pm
Chee Kin Lam, head of legal and compliance at DBS.

Crypto after the crash: The view from Singapore

By Chris Brummer
Posted December 21, 2022 at 11:35am

What’s the carbon footprint of your bank account?

By Chris Brummer
Posted December 13, 2022 at 3:52pm

Figure CEO Mike Cagney on (real world) blockchain applications

By Chris Brummer
Posted November 15, 2022 at 7:30am
Karen Webster

Karen Webster, CEO of Pymnts.com, joins the Beat

By Chris Brummer
Posted November 2, 2022 at 1:03pm
Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Commissioner Mairead McGuinness talks to media in the Berlaymont, the EU Commission headquarter on February 2, 2022 in Brussels, Belgium.

Mairead McGuinness on Innovation, Crypto Regulation and Europe

By Chris Brummer
Posted October 19, 2022 at 5:21pm
Jo Ann Barefoot, CEO of the Alliance for Innovative Regulation, on March 6, 2020.

What fintechs and regulators have in common

By Chris Brummer
Posted October 7, 2022 at 4:54pm
Chris Brummer (left) talks with Dante Disparte, chief strategy officer and head of global policy at Circle.

Converging on DC Fintech Week

By Chris Brummer
Posted October 6, 2022 at 12:06pm
Stuart D. Levi, co-head of Skadden’s Intellectual Property and Technology Transactions Group

 Do NFTs require decentralized law?

By Chris Brummer
Posted September 28, 2022 at 6:40pm

Why the US housing regulator is looking into fintech

By Chris Brummer
Posted September 19, 2022 at 1:32pm
This episode of Fintech Beat delves into cryptocurrency security and ransomware.

Ransomware (and Crypto) 101

By Chris Brummer and Julian Ha
Posted August 29, 2022 at 11:46am
European Parliament Vice President Eva Kaili and the EU’s Peter Kerstens.

European Parliament Vice President Eva Kaili and EU’s Peter Kerstens on MICA

By Chris Brummer
Posted July 29, 2022 at 9:06am

Richard Bookstaber on fintech, diversification and the volatility paradox

By Chris Brummer
Posted July 22, 2022 at 2:37pm
Blockchain technology is being used to aid financial inclusion in Africa.

Blockchains as ‘Last Mile’ Infrastructure in the Global South

By Chris Brummer
Posted July 13, 2022 at 12:37pm
Payments expert Sophia Goldberg

The ‘How’ of the global economy

By Chris Brummer
Posted July 6, 2022 at 5:02pm
Hyun Song Shin is economic adviser and head of research at the Bank for International Settlements.

BIS’s Hyun Song Shin on crypto, CBDCs, and designing money

By Chris Brummer
Posted June 29, 2022 at 3:55pm
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Friday in New York City. Stocks fell sharply in morning trading as investors react to the Federal Reserve’s largest rate hike since 1994.

Market swings, software-based investing — and community banking

By Chris Brummer
Posted June 16, 2022 at 7:09pm
Mary Ellen Iskenderian, CEO of Women’s World Banking

There’s Nothing Micro About a Billion Women: Mary Iskenderian on Microfinance

By Chris Brummer
Posted June 7, 2022 at 1:04pm
The Robinhood logo displayed on a smartphone screen in this illustration photo taken in Poland on January 31, 2021.

Robinhood on Volatility, Regulation, and the New Retail Investor

By Chris Brummer
Posted May 18, 2022 at 8:00am
Sheila Warren is the CEO of the Crypto Council for Innovation (CCI).

Sheila Warren on Crypto Regulation, Deglobalization, and Contagious Policy

By Chris Brummer
Posted May 10, 2022 at 6:52pm
Carter Malloy is the founder and CEO of AcreTrader.

Fintech for Farmers?

By Chris Brummer
Posted May 4, 2022 at 12:27pm
John Hope Bryant is the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of nonprofit Operation HOPE.

John Hope Bryant on entrepreneurialism and financial literacy

By Chris Brummer and Amias Gerety
Posted April 27, 2022 at 7:00am
Allison Herren Lee is a commissioner with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

SEC’s Allison Herren Lee on climate, private markets and accredited investors

By Chris Brummer
Posted April 13, 2022 at 5:30am
Fintech Beat host Chris Brummer, left, talks with Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire about NFTs.

Disclosure NFTs, disclosure DAOs and more

By Chris Brummer
Posted April 8, 2022 at 12:09pm
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., is seen during a house vote in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, September 22, 2021.

Ro Khanna on dignity, big tech and crypto

By Chris Brummer and Evan Campbell
Posted February 15, 2022 at 4:00am
FinLocker is a software firm that leverages big data and artificial intelligence to assist people looking for mortgages before they even to start to think about owning homes.

Navigating housing inflation, homeowners and data: A conversation with Finlocker’s Brian Vieaux

By Chris Brummer and Evan Campbell
Posted February 1, 2022 at 4:00am
Calcie Cooper (L), Pierre Le Veaux II (R) attend Susan Fales-Hill's "One Flight Up" Book Launch Party Hosted by Isaac Mizrahi at Isaac Mizrahi Store on August 03, 2010 in New York City.

The MLK Day debrief: Equity crowdfunding at Seed at the Table

By Chris Brummer and Evan Campbell
Posted January 18, 2022 at 11:56am
The Bitcoin logo is displayed on the side of a Bitcoin ATM in Los Angeles, California.

What’s the definition of emeritus? The Fintech Beat awards for 2021

By Chris Brummer and Evan Campbell
Posted January 11, 2022 at 4:00am

The fintech job market for 2022

By Chris Brummer and Evan Campbell
Posted December 21, 2021 at 4:00am
The seal of the FTC is seen on a podium at FTC headquarters in Washington in 2019.

Why the FTC matters for fintech

By Chris Brummer and Evan Campbell
Posted December 14, 2021 at 4:00am
Dante Disparte, chief strategy officer and head of global policy at Circle.

What Circle Impact means for crypto’s inclusion conversation

By Chris Brummer and Evan Campbell
Posted December 7, 2021 at 4:00am
An aerial view of Coco Point in the Eastern Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda.

D-Cash: How the Eastern Caribbean created one of the first CBDCs

By Chris Brummer and Evan Campbell
Posted November 23, 2021 at 4:00am

The Fintech Weeks of 2021

By Chris Brummer and Evan Campbell
Posted November 9, 2021 at 4:00am
Minority and community banks, known as MDI’s, provide essential funding for people for minority communities.

Minority banks and the technology stack

By Chris Brummer and Evan Campbell
Posted November 2, 2021 at 4:00am
Mu Changchun, head of China's digital currency research institute, attends the China International Financial Annual Forum 2020.

China’s Mu Changchun on the digital yuan

By Chris Brummer and Evan Campbell
Posted October 26, 2021 at 4:00am
Twitter is the de facto space where you can see the latest from some of the biggest names in crypto opine publicly about their investments, predictions, lawsuits, and more. 

Why does crypto love Twitter?

By Chris Brummer and Evan Campbell
Posted October 12, 2021 at 3:02pm
Minorities own more crypto as a percentage of their population than any other group.

Black and brown perspectives on crypto and inclusion

By Chris Brummer and Evan Campbell
Posted October 5, 2021 at 10:23am
The issue of gig economics and the welfare of the gig worker has become a larger issue as more people rely on the platforms for employment and financial security.

Innovating the gig economy

By Chris Brummer and Evan Campbell
Posted September 28, 2021 at 4:00am
The Digital Asset Market Structure and Investor Protection Act, introduced by Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., is one of the most ambitious efforts to address some of the legal ambiguities for digital assets.

The bill to bring crypto clarity?

By Chris Brummer and Evan Campbell
Posted September 21, 2021 at 4:00am
After departing the CFTC, Brian Quintenz, right, joined a16z, the crypto wing of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.

Exit interview with Brian Quintenz

By Chris Brummer and Evan Campbell
Posted September 14, 2021 at 4:00am
The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building on Constitution Avenue Northwest in Washington is pictured on Aug. 17.

Does the Fed innovate?

By Chris Brummer and Evan Campbell
Posted August 24, 2021 at 4:00am