Coffee & Crypto with Lee & Jimmie
Episodes
Crypto's Naughty and Nice List
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie reveal their naughty and nice lists for the past year in crypto. 📺 Watch on YouTube: Coffee & Crypto With Lee & Jimmie 📌 Hosts...
December 12th, 2025
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss big crypto moves by Bank of America and Vanguard, the potential for MSCI to exclude digital asset treasury companies from thei...
December 5th, 2025
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss the use of leverage in crypto markets, S&P's Tether downgrade, the CFTC's announcement of spot crypto trading on U.S. regulate...
Grayscale S-1 Deep Dive
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie break down the recently released S-1 filing from crypto asset manager Grayscale and explore what it means for the company's chances of ...
November 14th, 2025
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie dive into the implications of stablecoin growth on U.S. monetary policy, unpack the potential fallout from a major settlement between ...
October 31st, 2025
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie debrief Jimmie's visit to Money 20/20 before diving into a flurry of stablecoin announcements. They also discuss the potential for FAS...
October 24th, 2025
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss CZ's pardon, the impact of stablecoins on credit intermediation, and the October 10th crypto sell-off—and the lessons it off...
October 10th, 2025
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss Swift's plans for blockchain-based payments, Intercontinental Exchange's investment in Polymarket, the SEC's approval of generi...
September 29th, 2025
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss the use cases for tokenized funds, CFTC efforts to permit tokenized collateral, new data on consumer use of crypto for payment...
Gemini IPO Deep Dive - September 22nd, 2025
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie conduct an in-depth analysis of the recent initial public offering and S-1 filing by the cryptocurrency exchange Gemini. Lee's X: @l...
September 12th, 2025
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss Nasdaq's move to list tokenized equities, CBOE's launch of continuous futures for Bitcoin and Ether, a bidding war to issue Hy...
September 5th, 2025
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss the risk quantum computing poses to crypto, Galaxy's Class A shares on Solana, tokenizing gold bullion, and the WLFI token unlo...
August 29th, 2025
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss Jimmie's new paper on who will ultimately win the stablecoin wars, the Bullish and prospective Gemini IPO, and recent announcem...
August 22nd, 2025
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss a new proposal from the BIS to address AML compliance on-chain, a warning from FinCEN on Crypto ATMs, the Mooch tokenizing shar...
August 15th, 2025
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss a new Executive Order that allows crypto into 401(k)s, a new crypto treasury company for $WLFI, the potential for stablecoin is...
August 8th, 2025
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss new stablecoin developments from PayPal and FIS, Hong Kong's new stablecoin regime, a new partnership between JPMorgan Chase an...
August 1st, 2025
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 st...
July 23rd, 2025
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss the GENIUS Act becoming law and the next steps for market structure legislation before diving into attempts by several stableco...
June 27th, 2025
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
June 20th, 2025
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss JPMorgan's new tokenized deposit product, Senate passage of GENIUS, and Coinbase's attempts to offer tokenized equities and pe...
June 13th, 2025
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss Coinbase's partnership with the WNBA, the future of stablecoins, including Amazon and Walmart issuing their own stablecoin, th...
June 6th, 2025
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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,...
May 30th, 2025
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss big banks exploring a joint stablecoin, the impact of stablecoins on Treasury yields, new guidance from the Department of Labo...
May 25th, 2025
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss Donald Trump's meme coin dinner, Senate progress on the GENIUS Act, Coinbase potentially acquiring Circle, Coinbase's data bre...
May 9th, 2025
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss the Senate stablecoin drama, new guidance from the OCC on crypto custody, Coinbase's purchase of crypto options platform Derib...
May 5th, 2025
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss "controversy" over Base's memecoin, Coinbase offering BTC margin loans, the impact of stablecoins on the Treasury market, Payp...
April 28th, 2025
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss President Trump's meme coin dinner, DTCC's amazing blockchain-based Great Collateral Experiment, some rumblings on Capitol Hil...
April 21st, 2025
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss Kraken's expansion into equities, a new SEC statement on crypto-related disclosures, a delay in Ethereum ETF staking decision,...
April 15th, 2025
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie do a deep dive into Circle's Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering. Lee's X: @leereiners Jimmie's X: @jimmie_lenz...
April 4th, 2025
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss the impact of tariffs on crypto's price, crypto adoption in Brazil, GameStop's Bitcoin gambit, a stablecoin bill in the House,...
March 28th, 2025
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss the Treasury Department delisting Tornado Cash from the sanctions list, a final resolution in SEC v. Ripple, a new tokenized ...
March 24th, 2025
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss Lee's recent appearance at the SEC's Crypto Task Force Roundtable, Fidelity's new tokenized money market fund, new OCC guida...
March 10th, 2025
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss a new Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and Digital Asset Stockpile, the potential repeal of the DeFi tax reporting rule, Tether vs. C...
February 27th, 2025
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lee 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 handle...
February 21st, 2025
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss the SEC's new Cyber and Emerging Technologies Unit, the death of the SEC's dealer rule, the SEC's request for a delay in the Co...
February 15th, 2025
15 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie recap Digital Assets at Duke 2025 before discussing the fate of Trump's Crypto Council, an update in the SEC Twitter account hack, a p...
January 31st, 2025
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie preview next week's Digital Assets at Duke conference before talking about Larry Fink's recent comments on tokenization, Appollo's new...
January 24th, 2025
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss President Trump's digital assets executive order, the SEC's new crypto task force and rescission of SAB 121, Trump's new memec...
January 17th, 2025
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss Acting Comptroller Hsu's outgoing warning on crypto, an OECD report on tokenization, pensions funds diving into crypto, the Th...
January 10th, 2025
10 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie preview the upcoming Digital Assets at Duke conference before discussing "Operation Chokepoint 2.0," Coinbase's request for interlocut...
January 3rd, 2025
03 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie reflect on President Carter's legacy, Lee's op-ed in the WSJ calling for a merger of the SEC and CFTC, Wall Street's growing interest ...
December 27th, 2024
27 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss the appointment of Bo Hines to lead President Trump's "crypto council," the blowback against Blackrock for suggesting that BTC...
December 20th, 2024
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss the Senate's scrapped vote to renominate Caroline Cresnshaw, research from the OFR examining the link between crypto exposure ...
December 13th, 2024
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss the selection of Rep. French Hill to chair the House Financial Services Committee, Eric Trump's UAE promise of the 'Most Pro-C...
December 6th, 2024
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss the nomination of Paul Atkins to run the SEC, Bitcoin breaking $100K, proof-of-concept results for the Regulated Settlement Ne...
November 22nd
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss Gary Gensler's pending departure from the SEC, a potential crypto czar in the Trump administration, a CFTC advisory committee r...
November 15th, 2024
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discusses Gary Genser's "farewell" speech, Hester Peirce's warning that the SEC is not prepared to regulate crypto, Coinbase's new cryp...
November 8th, 2024
08 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jimmie and Lee dissect the election results and the impact of a second Trump administration for crypto. They also discuss Florida's plan to invest sta...
November 1st, 2024
01 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss Nishad Singh's sentencing in FTX case, new data from Pew on crypto ownership and sentiment, the BIS dropping out of a cross-bor...
October 28th, 2024
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss federal investigations of Tether, the release of a Binance employee wrongfully detained in Nigeria, Stripes acquisition of Brid...
October 18th, 2024
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss TD Bank's record fine for money laundering violations, a new paper on the relationship between money market funds and stableco...
October 11th, 2024
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss the FBI's sting operation involving their own token and related civil and criminal charges against crypto "market makers," the ...
October 4th, 2024
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss the SEC's decision to appeal the Ripple ruling, Mango Markets settlement with the SEC, using tokenized funds as collateral, Co...
September 27th, 2024
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie recap Lee's testimony on Capitol Hill before discussing a contentious Congressional hearing featuring all five SEC commissioners, Kamal...
September 13th, 2024
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie reflect on 9/11 and Circle's decision to relocate to One World Trade Center before moving on to: SEC commissioner Mark Uyeda's suggesti...
September 6th, 2024
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie are excited to announce that registration for Digital Assets at Duke 2025 is now live! After discussing DA@D 2025, they reflect on the ...
August 30th, 2024
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie welcome the start of a new academic year before diving into OpenSea's Wells Notice, new FTX-related campaign finance charges against cr...
August 9th, 2024
09 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss this week's price action, Figure's new decentralized custody exchange, Ripple's $125 million civil money penalty, and the rise ...
August 2nd, 2024
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss the tech industry's efforts to influence the Harris campaign, a new project in California to put vehicle titles on the blockch...
July 29th, 2024
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss Donald Trump's remarks at Bitcoin 2024, a potential Harris Campaign reset on crypto, Vitalik's warning on politics, the launch...
July 19, 2024
19 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss the CrowdStrike cyber outage, the impact of JD Vance as VP for crypto, Jamie Dimon changing his tune on crypto, and the imminen...
July 12th, 2024
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss Duke's new 12-month Master of Engineering in Financial Technology, a recent confab featuring crypto executives and President B...
June 28th, 2024
28 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss the sagging price of Bitcoin, the potential for a Solana ETF, a criminal conviction for home invasion robberies to steal crypto...
June 21st, 2024
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jimmie and Lee reflect on the U.S. Open at Pinehurst before discussing Tether's new synthetic dollar backed by gold, a mysterious new anti-Tether publ...
June 14th, 2024
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss reports that President Biden's campaign may accept crypto donations, former President Trump's posts that Bitcoin should be mad...
June 3rd, 2024
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce's recommendation for the SEC to join the UK's 'Blockchain Sandbox,' President Biden's veto of S...
May 24th, 2024
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss House passage of the FIT Act and an anti-CBDC bill, as well as the SEC's pending approval of Ether spot ETFS. Lee's X: @leere...
May 17th, 2024
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss the U.S. Senate's vote to repeal SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121, a pending floor vote in the House on the FIT Act, and n...
May 9th, 2024
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss CZ's sentence, news that FTX creditors will be made whole, Robinhood's crypto-related Wells Notice, disagreements over stableco...
April 26th, 2024
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss Consensys' preemptive lawsuit against the SEC, the resignation of two SEC lawyers involved in the Debt Box case, Stripe's integ...
April 19th, 2024
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss a new Senate stablecoin bill, the impact of Bitcoin's halving on miners, a Mango Markets conviction, Uniswap's Wells Notice, a...
April 12th, 2024
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss Circle's new smart contract for BlackRock's BUIDL, a central bank tokenization pilot project, Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally ...
April 6th, 2024
06 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss Ripple's new stablecoin, a new crypto exchange from Figure, Blackrock's tokenized money market fund, and potential changes to E...
March 29th, 2024
29 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss SBF's sentence, recent developments in SEC v. Coinbase, the growth in Coinbase's layer 2 Base, and the impact of stablecoins on...
March 22nd, 2024
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss the SEC potentially classifying ETH as a security, Coinbase's lawsuit against the SEC, a new independent examiner for FTX's ban...
March 18th, 2024
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie speculate on the identify of the real Satoshi Nakamoto before discussing Binance employees being detained in Nigeria and the potential ...
March 8th, 2024
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss the perfect gift for that special someone in your life, a significant ruling in the former Coinbase employee insider trading ca...
March 4th, 2024
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss Coinbase's recent earnings announcement and long-term prospects; SBF's upcoming sentencing; new crypto hires at the IRS; Gemini...
February 23rd, 2024
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss the failure of Heartland Tri-State Bank because of a pig butchering scam, Circle's decision to discontinue USDC on the Tron bl...
February 16, 2024
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss recent crypto price action, the potential for a ETH ETF, and what AI means for job security. Lee's Twitter: @leereiners ...
February 12th, 2024
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie recap Digital Assets at Duke Lee's Twitter: @leereiners Jimmie's Twitter: @jimmie_lenz Related Links: Blockchain Ambitions at...
January 19th, 2024
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss the first week of trading in bitcoin ETFs, oral arguments in Coinbase's motion to dismiss, the growing use of stablecoins in ...
January 12th, 2024
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss the launch of bitcoin spot ETFs and the CFTC's new DeFi report. Lee's Twitter: @leereiners Jimmie's Twitter: @jimmie_lenz ...
January 5th, 2024
05 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss the hoopla surrounding the pending approval of a bitcoin spot ETF, the DoJ's decision not to charge Sam Bankman-Fried with ca...
December 29th, 2023
29 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jimmie debriefs his visit to the Middle East for Digital Assets at Duke Abu Dhabi. Lee and Jimmie then preview the upcoming Digital Assets at Duke m...
December 1st, 2023
01 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss the DoJ settlement with Binance, the Treasury Department's request for additional authority to combat crypto's use in illicit...
November 17th, 2023
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this Thanksgiving-themed episode, Lee and Jimmie discuss the crypto-related people and organizations they are thankful for. Lee's Twitter: @le...
November 10th, 2023
10 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss the CFPB's new proposal to supervise non-bank digital wallets and payment apps. They also comment on Elon Musk's efforts to tur...
November 3rd, 2023
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie reflect on the Sam Bankman-Fried verdict. The also breakdown the GAO's finding that SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin 121 is a de-facto r...
October 27th, 2023
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jimmie recaps his testimony from earlier this week in front of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology a...
October 20th, 2023
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss DTCC's acquisition of Securrency, the prospects for a Bitcoin ETF, and insights from the recent lawsuits against Voyager, Gen...
October 13th, 2023
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie talk about the upcoming Digital Assets at Duke Conference before diving into the latest from the SBF trial and the chaos in the House...
September 22nd, 2023
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie reflect on a new academic year before saying goodbye to NFTs and Mark Cuban's crypto. They also discuss Sam Bankman-Fried's impending...
August 10th, 2023
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss PayPal's proposed stablecoin and new guidance issued by the Federal Reserve that applies to bank's engaged in crypto activity....
July 19th, 2023
19 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie break down the recent Ripple decision in the Southern District of New York, Blackrock CEO Larry Fink's positive statements on crypto, a...
June 29th, 2023
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie have fun with a special Independence Day-themed episode. They compare leading figures from the American Revolution to people and organ...
June 9th, 2023
09 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie break down an epic week in crypto, starting with last week's release of a comprehensive crypto market structure bill from Republican c...
May 31st, 2023
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie debrief last week's event in Washington D.C. to discuss their proposal for a fintech regulatory sandbox. Then, they discuss prospects ...
May 22nd, 2023
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie toast the end of another academic year at Duke and discuss what's in store for the 2023 graduates of Duke's Masters in FinTech Engine...
May 4th, 2023
04 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lee and Jimmie discuss their recent op-ed in the American Banker that calls for the creation of a federal regulatory sandbox to promote beneficial in...