Brian Brooks, Acting Comptroller of the Currency and former head of legal at Coinbase.

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On this episode of The Scoop, Frank Chaparro sat down with Brooks to talk about what it means to have a crypto veteran in the Comptroller's chair.

He broke down some of the topics he's been thinking about in relation to the OCC, including:

Beefing up the agency's Office of Innovation to better evaluate trends and provide written guidance
How blockchain technology can shrink wealth disparity by providing another route to establish credit
How federal regulation can help to level the playing field between banks and fintech firms
Why the digital dollar should come from the private sector, while the government handles the guidelines