Brian Brooks

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Binance Said to Be Hiring ‘UK Version of Brian Brooks’
The crypto exchange is looking for a U.K.-based ex-regulator or government official, according to people familiar with the plans.
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Binance.US Hires Former California Regulator Manny Alvarez
Manuel Alvarez ran California's Department of Financial Protection and Innovation.
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Acting OCC Chief Is Reviewing 'Everything' Around Digital Asset Guidance Issued Last Year
Acting OCC Chief Is Reviewing ‘Everything’ Around Digital Asset Guidance Issued Last Year
During a press conference, Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu said he and his staff are reviewing “everything” related to cryptocurrency guidance issued under the...
Acting OCC Chief Is Reviewing 'Everything' Around Digital Asset Guidance Issued Last Year

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OCC Chief Says US Officials Should Set 'Regulatory Perimeter' for Crypto: Report
“It really comes down to coordinating across the agencies,” said the acting comptroller. "There is interest in coordinating a lot more of these things.”
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Brian Brooks: Excluding Crypto Banks from Fed System is 'Dangerous'
Brian Brooks: Excluding Crypto Banks From Fed System Is ‘Dangerous’
In an interview at Consensus 2021 Thursday, Binance.US CEO and former Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks spoke out against what he sees as the “politicization” of...
Brian Brooks: Excluding Crypto Banks from Fed System is 'Dangerous'

Brian Brooks: 'Bad Idea to Politicize the Banking System'
Brian Brooks: ‘Bad Idea to Politicize the Banking System’
During a 1:1 discussion at Consensus 2021, former Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks emphasized the idea of a bank that is “custodying fine art collections or rar...
Brian Brooks: 'Bad Idea to Politicize the Banking System'

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Binance.US CEO Brian Brooks: Excluding Crypto Banks From Fed System Is ‘Dangerous’
Brooks had some choice words for U.S. policymakers in an appearance Thursday at Consensus 2021.
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Brian Brooks: US-based CBDC Is 'Never' Going to Happen
Brian Brooks: US-based CBDC Is ‘Never’ Going to Happen
Central banks around the world are launching CBDCs, but Brian Brooks, former Acting Comptroller of the Currency and CEO of Binance.US, says it’s unlikely the U.S. will actuall...
Brian Brooks: US-based CBDC Is 'Never' Going to Happen

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Binance's Brian Brooks: Digital Dollar 'More a Discussion Than a Reality'
Building central bank digital currencies is not the American way, said the former Acting Comptroller of the Currency on CoinDesk TV today.
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Top Senator Wants OCC to Rethink Bank Charters for Crypto Firms
Top Senator Wants OCC to Rethink Bank Charters for Crypto Firms
Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) is “concerned” about the banking charters granted to crypto firms Paxos, Anchorage, and Protego and has requested that the new acting OCC chief Mi...
Top Senator Wants OCC to Rethink Bank Charters for Crypto Firms