LEE A. REINERS is a lecturing fellow at Duke University, an expert in financial regulation, podcast host, and frequent commenter in leading media outlets.

Lee Reiners is a lecturing fellow at the Duke Financial Economics Center and Duke Law, and a widely recognized thought leader on financial regulation. At Duke, Reiners has taught classes on FinTech Law and Policy, Cryptocurrency Law and Policy, Financial Regulatory Policy, Climate Change and Financial Markets, and Cybersecurity Law and Policy. His broad research agenda focuses on how new financial technologies and climate change fit within existing financial regulatory frameworks. Previously, he worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, first as an examiner of systemically important financial institutions and then as a senior associate within the executive office responsible for coordinating with international and domestic financial regulatory agencies. Reiners holds the chartered financial analyst designation and serves on the CFA Institute’s Capital Markets Policy Council. He is an Iraq War veteran.

In the News

“From crackdown to comeback: Crypto’s fortunes turn in Washington”

by Joseph Zeballos-Roig - Semafor, July 29, 2024

“Republicans are Embracing Crypto”

by Matt Levin - Marketplace, July 17, 2024

“US Paves Way for Ether ETFs in Test of Crypto Demand Beyond Bitcoin”

by Emily Graffeo and Lydia Beyoud - Bloomberg, May 24, 2024