Coffee & Crypto with Lee & Jimmie

Hosted by Lee Reiners

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Jun 2026

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The cryptocurrency industry moves quickly! Join Dr. Jimmie Lenz, the Director of Duke University's Master of Engineering program in Financial Technology, and Lee Reiners, lecturing fellow at Duke University and Duke Law, every Friday as they break down the latest developments in crypto. If you want to stay on top of crypto technology, business, and policy, this show is for you!

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June 12, 202643 min

June 12th, 2026

Lee and Jimmie preview the SpaceX IPO before discussing a vulnerability in Zcash, big banks' plans for tokenized deposits, MoneyGram's new stablecoin, and two new research papers from the BIS and Federal Reserve that challenge industry narratives around stablecoins. 📺 Watch on YouTube: Coffee & Crypto With Lee & Jimmie 📌 Hosts on X (formerly Twitter): Lee Reiners → @leereiners Jimmie Lenz → @jimmie_lenz 🔗 Related Links: AI-Assisted Audit Uncovers Critical Zcash Orchard Vulnerability That Could Have Minted Unlimited Counterfeit ZEC - Unchained Exclusive | JPMorgan, Citi and Big Banks Plan New Tokenized Deposit System to Answer Crypto - WSJ Exclusive: MoneyGram Launches Dollar-Pegged Stablecoin work1359.pdf 2026037pap.pdf

June 5, 202639 min

June 5th, 2026

Lee and Jimmie do a deep dive into perpetual futures, including the CFTC's recent approval to allow Bitcoin perpetual futures in the U.S. 📺 Watch on YouTube: Coffee & Crypto With Lee & Jimmie 📌 Hosts on X (formerly Twitter): • Lee Reiners → @leereiners • Jimmie Lenz → @jimmie_lenz 🔗 Related Links: What American crypto asset perpetuals mean for the future of crypto 2026-11020.pdf (SECURED) https://youtu.be/xvTFNusTE9M?si=RNkn0qDmLvbyHi4e This Crypto-Trading Platform Is Emerging as Wall Street's Convenience Store - WSJ https://www.linkedin.com/posts/danspuller_hyperliquid-share-7466158899289600000-apiH/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAMoOsABNT6ceKXKNKUvhX8NBIOaRpdToQc

May 29, 202637 min

May 29th, 2026

Lee and Jimmie discuss problems with prediction markets and regulatory capture at the CFTC, the BIS's project to improve cross-border payments, debates in Europe over how to address stablecoin dollarization, Prometheum's efforts to distribute tokenized securities through broker-dealers and RIAs, and SoFi's new stablecoin. 📺 Watch on YouTube: Coffee & Crypto With Lee & Jimmie 📌 Hosts on X (formerly Twitter): • Lee Reiners → @leereiners • Jimmie Lenz → @jimmie_lenz 🔗 Related Links: How Prediction Markets and Crypto Firms Steamrolled a Watchdog Agency - The New York Times Press release: Project Agorá shows how tokenisation can improve wholesale cross-border payments; work will advance to real-value testing ECB rebuffs proposals to boost euro stablecoins as too risky | Reuters Prometheum says tokenized securities need Wall Street distribution to scale SoFi Technologies, Inc. (SOFI) - SoFiUSD Becomes the First Stablecoin Issued by a US National Bank to Launch on a Banking Platform

May 22, 202637 min

May 22nd, 2026

Lee and Jimmie discuss President Trump's Executive Order on FinTech, the Fed's proposed Payment Account, new data on crypto adoption, the SEC's planned tokenization exemption, and SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce's pending departure. 📺 Watch on YouTube: Coffee & Crypto With Lee & Jimmie 📌 Hosts on X (formerly Twitter): • Lee Reiners → @leereiners • Jimmie Lenz → @jimmie_lenz 🔗 Related Links: Integrating Financial Technology Innovation into Regulatory Frameworks – The White House Federal Reserve Board - Federal Reserve Board requests public comment on a proposal to establish a "payment account," which legally eligible financial institutions could use for the specific purpose of clearing and settling their payments Why the OCC's Stablecoin Charter Push Is Illegal, Dangerous, and Likely to End in Bailouts – The FinReg Blog SEC Said to Ready Plan for Trading Crypto Versions of Stocks (1) SEC's Hester Peirce to Leave Regulator for Regent University Law Faculty Role - Bloomberg

May 15, 202645 min

May 15th, 2026

Lee and Jimmie discuss the Clarity Act's passage out of the Senate Banking Committee, tokenized repo, DTCC's tokenization service, Paul Atkins' views on on-chain markets, and Coinbase partnering with Hyperliquid. 📺 Watch on YouTube: Coffee & Crypto With Lee & Jimmie 📌 Hosts on X (formerly Twitter): • Lee Reiners → @leereiners • Jimmie Lenz → @jimmie_lenz 🔗 Related Links: Clarity Act clears U.S. Senate committee, on its way to a final test in Congress JPMorgan, Wall Street Use Blockchain in $13 Trillion Repo Market - Bloomberg DTCC Advances DTC Tokenization Service; 50+ Firms Join | DTCC SEC.gov | Remarks at the Special Competitive Studies Project AI+ Expo Coinbase and Hyperliquid: Aligning Markets on Hyperliquid to USDC

May 8, 202646 min

May 8th, 2026

Lee and Jimmie discuss the failure of a crypto custodian with ties to DA@D, the potential return of crypto skeptic Sherrod Brown to the U.S. Senate, what's next for the crypto market structure bill, and the potential for NFTs to prove identity in agentic payments. 📺 Watch on YouTube: Coffee & Crypto With Lee & Jimmie 📌 Hosts on X (formerly Twitter): • Lee Reiners → @leereiners • Jimmie Lenz → @jimmie_lenz 🔗 Related Links: Kraken's parent company Payward alleges $25 million crypto custody fraud in lawsuit against Etana and firm's CEO After crypto helped oust him, Sherrod Brown changes his tune A Model Built to Mislead: Why the CEA's Stablecoin Analysis was Rigged - Americans for Financial Reform Sen. Gillibrand: No crypto bill without ethics provision amid President Trump's ties through memecoins, World Liberty | The Block Is $WLFI an Unregistered Security? – The FinReg Blog Reid Hoffman says NFTs may make a comeback as AI agents strain online identity

May 4, 202635 min

May 4th, 2026

Lee and Jimmie discuss a new Senate compromise on stablecoin rewards, the debate around whether stablecoin issuers should unilaterally freeze wallets tied to illicit activities, an SEC staff statement exempting DeFi front-ends from broker-dealer registration, and the myriad issues surrounding event contracts and prediction markets. 📺 Watch on YouTube: Coffee & Crypto With Lee & Jimmie 📌 Hosts on X (formerly Twitter): • Lee Reiners → @leereiners • Jimmie Lenz → @jimmie_lenz 🔗 Related Links: Clarity Act text lets crypto firms offer stablecoin rewards while shielding bank yield Circle won't freeze stolen crypto. Tether will. Now what? | American Banker SEC Staff Exempt Certain Crypto Wallet Interfaces From Broker-Dealer Registration Requirements - Unchained Senate Bans Prediction Markets for Its Members and Staff - The New York Times Why Almost Everyone Loses—Except a Few Sharks—on Prediction Markets - WSJ

April 24, 202643 min

April 24th, 2026

Lee and Jimmie discuss the latest North Korean DeFi hack and follow-on impacts to DeFi lending protocols, Justin Sun suing World Liberty Financial, findings from Coinbase's quantum advisory council, analysis on community bank crypto-related deposit outflow, and Charles Schwab getting into crypto. 📺 Watch on YouTube: Coffee & Crypto With Lee & Jimmie 📌 Hosts on X (formerly Twitter): • Lee Reiners → @leereiners • Jimmie Lenz → @jimmie_lenz 🔗 Related Links: World Liberty Financial Proposes Burning 4.5 Billion Insider Tokens in 62-Billion Token Vesting Overhaul - Unchained Crypto Hack Sparks $9 Billion Outflows From Top DeFi Lender - Bloomberg Hackers Behind $300 Million Crypto Theft Now Laundering Loot - Bloomberg Eric Trump and WLFI Co-Founder Push Back on Justin Sun's Lawsuit, Calling Claims 'Meritless' - Unchained Coinbase Quantum Advisory Council Publishes Position Paper on Quantum Computing and Blockchain New KlariVis Analysis: 9 in 10 Community Banks Have Active Deposit Pathways to Coinbase | Morningstar Charles Schwab Announces Details of Spot Crypto Trading Launch | Charles Schwab

April 20, 202637 min

April 20th, 2026

Lee and Jimmie discuss the recent shenanigans at World Liberty Financial, the Drift protocol hack, extortion at Kraken, the FBI's most recent internet crime report, and new crypto ETF offerings from Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs. 📺 Watch on YouTube: Coffee & Crypto With Lee & Jimmie 📌 Hosts on X (formerly Twitter): • Lee Reiners → @leereiners • Jimmie Lenz → @jimmie_lenz 🔗 Related Links: World Liberty Financial Proposes Burning 4.5 Billion Insider Tokens in 62-Billion Token Vesting Overhaul - Unchained Trump-Linked World Liberty Project Faces Investor Revolt - Bloomberg Drift says $270 million exploit was a six-month North Korean intelligence operation Kraken Says Criminal Group Claims Access to Some Customer Data - Bloomberg 2025_IC3Report.pdf Morgan Stanley's MSBT Debuts as the Cheapest Spot Bitcoin ETF, Logs $34 Million on Day One - Unchained Goldman Sachs Files Preliminary Prospectus for Bitcoin Premium Income ETF - Unchained

April 10, 202647 min

April 10th, 2026

Lee and Jimmie discuss Satoshi's true identity, Iran's use of crypto, Trump accounts, new White House analysis on stablecoin deposit flight, and Franklin Templeton's new crypto unit. 📺 Watch on YouTube: Coffee & Crypto With Lee & Jimmie 📌 Hosts on X (formerly Twitter): • Lee Reiners → @leereiners • Jimmie Lenz → @jimmie_lenz 🔗 Related Links: Who Is Satoshi Nakamoto? My Quest to Unmask Bitcoin's Creator - The New York Times Adam Back Denies He Is Satoshi Nakamoto in Response to Times Investigation - The New York Times Iran's crypto tanker tolls are the latest step in its sanctions‑busting trade network Treasury Department Designates BNY as Financial Agent to Support New Trump Accounts Program | U.S. Department of the Treasury Effects of Stablecoin Yield Prohibition on Bank Lending – The White House Post | LinkedIn Franklin Templeton Forms Dedicated Crypto Division With 250 Digital Acquisition - Unchained

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