Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.0.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Lee Reiners Just another WordPress site ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.leereiners.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Pages - [Home](https://www.leereiners.com/) - LEE A. REINERS is a lecturing fellow at Duke University, an expert in financial regulation, podcast host, and frequent commenter in leading media outlets. Curriculum Vitae (CV) Lee Reiners is a lecturing fellow at the Duke Financial Economics Center, and a widely recognized thought leader on financial regulation. At Duke, Reiners has taught classes on FinTech Law - [In the Press](https://www.leereiners.com/media-talks/in-the-press/) - 2026 "How stablecoins could grow to $1.45 trillion in the next decade," CNBC, August 5, 2026 Eric Lipton and David Yaffe-Bellany, "Crypto Brought Trump a Huge Windfall, Even as Many Investors Lost Big," The New York Times, July 1, 2026 Glenn Derene, "Why Cryptocurrencies Are Still Controversial," Consumer Reports, July 1, 2026 "Cutting Out the - [Journal Articles](https://www.leereiners.com/publications/journal-articles/) - The Quantum Clock Is Ticking: Financial Stability and the Regulation of Quantum-Vulnerable Digital Assets (working paper, 2026) Wanted: A Prudential Framework for Crypto-Assets (with S. Gazi), Arkansas Law Review, Issue 76.2 (2024). A Proposal for Oversight of Digital Assets, Competition Policy International TechREG Chronicle (1-7) (May 2022) Blockchain Democracy: Technology, Law and the Rule of - [Articles](https://www.leereiners.com/articles/) - 2026 "Paul Atkins Misreads Adam Smith and the American Founding,""Paul Atkins Misreads Adam Smith and the American Founding," The FinReg Blog, August 3, 2026 "Why Title I of the CLARITY Act Will Produce Chaos, Not Clarity,""Why Title I of the CLARITY Act Will Produce Chaos, Not Clarity," The FinReg Blog, July 30, 2026 "Why Financial - [Interviews & Media](https://www.leereiners.com/media-talks/interviews-media/) - "Why is the cryptocurrency market slumping?" Counting the Cost, Al Jazeera, July 10, 2026 (panel begins at 6:30) What to know about crypto’s growing role in politics | Tying It Together - August 13, 2025 Watch the latest video at foxbusiness.com “Did FTX meltdown turn the ‘crypto winter’ into a ‘crypto ice age’? Fox Business, - [Reports & Case Studies](https://www.leereiners.com/publications/reports-case-studies/) - A Model Built to Mislead: Why the CEA's Stablecoin Analysis was Rigged (with Mark Hays) (Americans for Financial Reform, May 5, 2026) Political Capital: How the Trump Family's Crypto Ventures Are Distorting the Market (with Norm Eisen, Virginia Canter, and Christopher Swartz) (Democracy Defenders Fund, March 11, 2026) Regulating ESG: The SEC’s Upgraded Names Rule - [Lectures, Talks & Panels](https://www.leereiners.com/media-talks/lectures-talks-panels/) - Panelist, “Digital Assets at the Crossroads: Innovation, Protection, and Policy,” The Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention, November 6, 2025 Panelist, Securities and Exchange Commission’s Crypto Task Force roundtable, “How We Got Here and How We Get Out – Defining Security Status,” March 21, 2025 Panelist, “Wanted: A Prudential Framework for Crypto-Assets,” TechReg360, May 10, 2023 - [Bio](https://www.leereiners.com/bio/) - Lee Reiners is a lecturing fellow at the Duke Financial Economics Center. 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. Reiners is widely recognized for his unbiased commentary and analysis on cryptocurrency regulation, and he - [Comment Letters](https://www.leereiners.com/publications/comment-letters/) - “Prepared Statement for SEC’s Crypto Task Force,” March 21, 2025 “Comment Letter to the CFTC Regarding the Use of Voluntary Carbon Credits in Derivatives Contracts,” (with Susan Lin), The Climate Risk Disclosure Lab, February 21, 2024 “Non-Intermediated Clearing of Crypto Derivatives on Margin is a Bad Idea,” (with Hilary Allen and Ryan Clements) May 12, - [Congressional Testimony](https://www.leereiners.com/media-talks/congressional-testimony/) - U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion, “Dazed and Confused: Breaking Down the SEC’s Politicized Approach to Digital Assets,” September 18, 2024 (testimony begins at 51:54) U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion, “Coincidence or Coordinated? The - [Podcasts & Courses](https://www.leereiners.com/podcasts-courses/) - The FinReg PodcastLee Reiners and guests take you behind the scenes of some of the most interesting topics at the intersection of finance, law, and public policy. Listen on Spotify Coffee & Crypto with Lee and JimmieThe cryptocurrency industry moves quickly! Join Dr. Jimmie Lenz, the Director of Duke University’s Master of Engineering program in - [Media & Talks](https://www.leereiners.com/media-talks/) - [Books & Book Chapters](https://www.leereiners.com/publications/books-book-chapters/) - FinTech Law and Policy: The Critical Legal and Regulatory Challenges Confronting FinTech Firms and the Policy Debates that are Occurring across the Country Buy on Amazon (Independently published, 2018)In 2016, few people had ever heard of Bitcoin or blockchain, initial coin offerings were non-existent, and U.S. financial regulatory agencies had yet to react to the - [Publications](https://www.leereiners.com/publications/)