Ep. 192: Yesha Yadav on Crypto Bankruptcies, Stablecoin, and Treasury Market Issues

Yesha Yadav is Associate Dean and Professor of Law at Vanderbilt University Law School. She is one of the world’s leading experts on financial and securities regulation. Before Vanderbilt, Yesha worked as legal counsel with the World Bank and before that she practiced regulatory and derivatives law at Clifford Chance. This week’s podcast covers:

• Key bankruptcies in crypto from Celsius to FTX
• How bankruptcy courts are acting as regulators
• Key issues within crypto failures
• Interplay between the SEC/CFTC and courts in crypto
• Role of SEC enforcement actions over rule-making
• Risks of enforcement actions
• Could the Supreme Court curtail the power of agencies?
• Future of stablecoin in the financial system
• Liquidity in US Treasury markets
• AI and financial markets
• CBDC and clearing
• TV shows mentioned: Wheel of Time, Foundation, Monarch, WeCrashed, and Super Pumped

You can follow Yesha’s work here and here.

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