August 8th, 2025
Coffee & Crypto with Lee & Jimmie
Lee and Jimmie discuss new stablecoin developments from PayPal and FIS, Hong Kong's new stablecoin regime, a new partnership between JPMorgan Chase and Coinbase, the verdict in Roman Storm's criminal trial, Hester Peirce's speech on financial privacy, and new guidance from the SEC on liquid staking. Lee's X: @leereiners Jimmie's X: @jimmie_lenz Related Links:
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August 1st, 2025
Coffee & Crypto with Lee & Jimmie
Lee and Jimmie discuss the White House's new Digital Assets Report, Paul Atkins' speech on the SEC's new 'Project Crypto', and the impact of dollar stablecoins on foreign countries' monetary policy. Lee's X: @leereiners Jimmie's X: @jimmie_lenz Related Links:
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July 23rd, 2025
Coffee & Crypto with Lee & Jimmie
Lee and Jimmie discuss the GENIUS Act becoming law and the next steps for market structure legislation before diving into attempts by several stablecoin issuers to become national trust banks. They conclude by examining recent developments in tokenization, including a warning from Hester Peirce. Lee's X: @leereiners Jimmie's X: @jimmie_lenz Related Links
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June 27th, 2025
Coffee & Crypto with Lee & Jimmie
Lee and Jimmie discuss a new effort by community banks to issue a stablecoin, a BIS report on stablecoins and tokenized money, the latest development in SEC vs. Ripple, and the potential for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to factor crypto holdings into underwriting. Related Links:
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June 20th, 2025
Coffee & Crypto with Lee & Jimmie
Lee and Jimmie discuss JPMorgan’s new tokenized deposit product, Senate passage of GENIUS, and Coinbase’s attempts to offer tokenized equities and perpetual futures. Lee’s X: @leereiners Jimmie’s X: @jimmie_lenz Related Links:
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June 13th, 2025
Coffee & Crypto with Lee & Jimmie
Lee and Jimmie discuss Coinbase’s partnership with the WNBA, the future of stablecoins, including Amazon and Walmart issuing their own stablecoin, the rise of “wrench attacks,” crypto policy developments on Capitol Hill, and a potential Gemini IPO. Lee’s X: @leereiners Jimmie’s X: @jimmie_lenz Related Links:
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June 6th, 2025
Coffee & Crypto with Lee & Jimmie
Lee and Jimmie discuss Circle’s IPO, the SEC’s dismissal of the Binance lawsuit, the latest on the crypto market structure bill, a new NFT-based ETF, Truth Social’s BTC ETF, and controversy around a new $TRUMP wallet. Lee’s X: @leereiners Jimmie’s X: @jimmie_lenz Related Links:
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May 30th, 2025
Coffee & Crypto with Lee & Jimmie
Lee and Jimmie discuss big banks exploring a joint stablecoin, the impact of stablecoins on Treasury yields, new guidance from the Department of Labor that opens the door for crypto in 401(K)s, more companies issuing debt and equity to buy bitcoin, VP Vance’s remarks at Bitcoin 2025, and Hester Peirce’s warning to the crypto community. Lee’s X: @leereiners Jimmie’s X: @jimmie_lenz Related Links
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May 25th, 2025
Coffee & Crypto with Lee & Jimmie
Lee and Jimmie discuss Donald Trump’s meme coin dinner, Senate progress on the GENIUS Act, Coinbase potentially acquiring Circle, Coinbase’s data breach and SEC investigation into user numbers, and a new leader at the Blockchain Association. Lee’s X: @leereiners Jimmie’s X: @jimmie_lenz Related Links:
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May 9th, 2025
Coffee & Crypto with Lee & Jimmie
Lee and Jimmie discuss the Senate stablecoin drama, new guidance from the OCC on crypto custody, Coinbase’s purchase of crypto options platform Deribit, a new Arizona law allowing the state to keep unclaimed crypto, and World Liberty Financial’s stablecoin being used to fund a $2bn investment in Binance. Plus a few riffs on the new Pope and the Vatican’s finances. Lee’s X: @leereiners Jimmie’s X: @jimmie_lenz Related Links:
info_outlineLee and Jimmie discuss North Korea’s hack of Bybit, the SEC’s dismissal of its case against Coinbase, problems with how the US Marshals service handles crypto, BoA CEO announcing plans to issue a stablecoin, Charles Schwab’s new head of digital assets, and ESG investing in the UK.
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https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/bybit-exchange-hack-february-2025-crypto-security-dprk/
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