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Amy is the Executive Director of the Corporate Law Center at Fordham University School of Law. Her background ranges from big law to government to tech startups, allowing her to offer an insider’s perspective of the issues that shape corporate actions, large and small. Covering crypto regulation to securities fraud, AI’s impact to Elon Musk’s pay package, Bite-Sized Business Law covers it all with guests of varying viewpoints to provide the nuanced analysis needed to tackle complex problems.
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Bite-Sized Business Law is a project by the Corporate Law Center at Fordham Law. The Center serves as a hub for scholars, professionals, policymakers, and students to engage in the study, discussion, and debate of current issues in corporate law. The Center focuses on aspects of corporate law, corporate compliance, antitrust law, and securities regulation. Through initiatives like the Mergers and Acquisitions seminar and the Securities Litigation and Arbitration Clinic, students actively engage in real-world research and cases, bridging the gap between classroom learning and practical application in the legal field.
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Donna Redel on Regulating Crypto
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On this episode, business and regulatory expert Donna Redel joins us to discuss the messy and debated business of regulating crypto. Donna is the former Managing Director of the World Economic Forum and the first woman to chair the United States Commodity Exchange. She co-founded the Fordham Law Blockchain Regulatory Symposium and teaches cryptocurrency and blockchain as an adjunct professor at Fordham Law. During today’s discussion, Donna shares the story of her initial introduction to the world of cryptocurrency and her thoughts on the relationship between big banks and digital assets. We unpack the SEC’s issue of a Wells notice to Coinbase and its implications, along with coin classification by the SEC. Donna shares her perspective on the fraudulent FTX scam and provides some advice on essential things to consider when you custody assets. We compare US regulations with those of the EU, touch on offshore trading, and talk about gender inclusivity in the digital assets realm. Tune in today to hear all this and more!
Key Points From This Episode:
- Today’s topic: regulating cryptocurrency.
- What first sparked her interest in cryptocurrency.
- The relationship between big banks and cryptocurrency.
- Why it is necessary to create clarity around jurisdiction regulations.
- Reasons behind the SEC’s issue of a Wells notice to Coinbase.
- Which coins are commodities according to the SEC.
- Why Donna is in support of a crypto-specific regulatory regime.
- Progress in regulation since the infrastructure bill.
- Donna’s thoughts on the FTX scam.
- Essential things to do when you custody assets.
- How crypto can provide protection and facilitate remittances.
- The impact of introducing real-time settlement.
- Dollar supremacy and digital assets.
- The European Union’s comprehensive regulatory structure.
- Navigating fears around offshore trading.
- The gender disparity in the field of cryptocurrency.
- Why Donna believes that there is always room for more women.
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