May 22nd, 2023

Lee and Jimmie toast the end of another academic year at Duke and discuss what's in store for the 2023 graduates of Duke's Masters in FinTech Engineering program. They then reflect on the impact of Bitcoin transaction fees surpassing the block mining reward before previewing their May 23rd event in Washington DC that will highlight their regulatory sandbox proposal. They end by discussing the diminishing outlook for stablecoin legislation and the politicization of central bank digital currency. Lee's Twitter: @leereiners Jimmie's Twitter: @jimmie_lenz Related Links: US lags in financial innovation. Regulatory sandboxes are the answer: https://www.americanbanker.com/opinion/us-lags-in-financial-innovation-regulatory-sandboxes-are-the-answer House Republicans and Democrats can't agree on how to regulate stablecoins: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/house-republicans-and-democrats-cant-agree-on-how-to-regulate-stablecoins-170039086.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAKjY-iC7dW921Z31Ims-haRpC8tbniJcyQfB0wbC80L1snPM6xFESeeSGPwl5ZC2hApU4W8yYU9Duwi6T2v82rqEN_e67KGWnDzsEEAanTruTuX9YfGvacRn5o0FspTqJmzmTyylaQ6N-otPMKw4NEwnIQSH_eTxPXbM9WI6Y9tf Florida's DeSantis Waging Toothless Campaign Against Digital Dollars, Lawyers Say: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/05/17/floridas-desantis-waging-toothless-campaign-against-digital-dollars-lawyers-say/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines