Joint Center Participated in St. John’s University School of Law Anti-Racism Day Panel ‘The New Color of Money: Is Crypto Breaking Barriers or Building Bubbles?’
March 13, 2026
Joint Center Senior Researcher for Financial Regulation and Policy Cantrell Dumas participated in St. John’s University School of Law Anti-Racism Day panel titled “The New Color of Money: Is Crypto Breaking Barriers or Building Bubbles?” The panel explored whether digital assets could help reduce long‑standing barriers to wealth creation or whether they expose vulnerable groups to new risks.
Additional panelists included Shantelee Christie, assistant attorney general, Office of the New York State Attorney General, Investor Protection Bureau and Lynnise Pantin, Pritzker Pucker Family Clinical professor of Transactional Law; vice dean for Experiential Education, Columbia University School of Law

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