Are Crypto-Assets Different? A Forum hosted by the Vice President of the European Parliament in Collaboration with INATBA Finance WC April 27, 2022 Vice President Kaili, thank you for the opportunity to participate in this important forum. Ever since I first set foot in Germany as a 16-year-old exchange student…

Building a sustainable DeFi firm or protocol, or for that matter any technology company, will increasingly involve a merger of manufacturing and disclosure.[1] Founders will, in short, have to continue building compelling products and services that people want, while also delivering information that makes clear their benefits and risks in…

Keynote Address from Chris Brummer, J.D., Ph.D Agnes N. Williams Professor of Law On the Occasion of FinCEN’s Black History Month Celebration February 23, 2022 It is a great pleasure to talk to you today. Black History Month is a special occasion. …

Chris J. Brummer, J.D., Ph.D. Professor of Law Keynote Address from Chris Brummer On the Occasion of the SEC Black History Month Celebration February 17, 2021 Hello wonderful friends, colleagues and former students. It is a pleasure and honor to be with you to celebrate and reflect on Black History…

Dr. Chris Brummer: I am now delighted to welcome Patrick Njoroge to FinTech Week, who many of you around the world are familiar with. Mr. Njoroge is the governor of the Central Bank of Kenya and is joining us to talk about Mpesa, and the path breaking innovation the…

Chris Brummer is a Georgetown law professor and host of the Fintech Beat podcast, produced by CQ Roll Call. In the fintech community, financial inclusion isn’t usually a question about whether it’s needed, but is instead about which one of a growing number of technologies is best suited to achieve…

Chris Brummer is a Georgetown law professor and host of the Fintech Beat podcast, produced by CQ Roll Call. You can also subscribe to his free newsletter for weekly posts like this. One reason I, along with many people of color, have found fintech to be especially interesting has to…

Chris Brummer is a Georgetown law professor and host of the Fintech Beat podcast, produced by CQ Roll Call. You can also subscribe to his free newsletter for weekly posts like this. Last week, all eyes were on bitcoin’s halving. And, at least ostensibly, for good reason: it’s not every…

Cash is king. And policymakers can’t exactly tell if that’s a good thing or not. Although the drivers are in dispute, the data are not. In 2018, the Federal Reserve reported something that most merchants know too well: that paper money continues to beat out digital spending in U.S. commerce…