How Banks Are About to Lose Two of Their Biggest Advantages: DEX in the City
27 May 2026 · 52:29
Katherine Kirkpatrick Bos, general counsel at StarkWare, TuongVy Le, general counsel at Veda, and Jessi Brooks, general counsel at Ribbit Capital, co-host this episode of Unchained's DEX in the City on a White House executive order pushing the Federal Reserve to open master accounts to fintechs and crypto firms. They discuss what direct access to Fed payment plumbing would mean for banks, the prediction market litigation involving Rhode Island and the CFTC, and Commissioner Hester Peirce's departure from the SEC. Jessi Brooks also maps the competing White House factions fighting over AI governance.