Intro

In this episode Alex Johnson, of Fintech Takes, and Jesse Silverman, of Troutman Pepper, joined me to talk about:

* Recent developments in the bankruptcy case (spoiler: Jesse isn’t a bankruptcy lawyer!)

* Who’s to blame for the Synapse disaster

* Reflections on some of the regulatory response, including former FDIC Chair Gruenberg’s effort to roll back the 2020 brokered deposit rule and the “Synapse” ledgering and reconciliation rule

* What lessons stakeholders — banks, fintechs, regulators, VCs — can and should take from this situation

* And more!