Chris Brummer

Georgetown law professor. CEO of Bluprynt. Fan of 90s hip hop, strong espressos, and asking questions before giving answers.

[Chris Brummer @ChrisBrummerDr]

@LeeSchneider5x Lee welcome onboard and thanks for your leadership man!

[Lee Schneider @LeeSchneider5x]

While I was away, the Fintech Regulatory Futures Index initiative was announced. I am pleased to participate in this valuable project.

[Lee Schneider @LeeSchneider5x]

This new project feels like a natural extension of a lot of the work I've done and I'm proud to be part of it. Keep an eye out for the big reveal at DC Fintech Week in October! Thank you @ChrisBrummerDr and Maha El-Dimachki for inviting me to participate.

[Veda @veda_labs]

NEWS: Together with @blupryntco, we’ve sent a joint policy brief to @SECGov that explains why digital asset custody regulation should focus on the protections delivered, not on the institutional form it takes.

We’re proud to develop this framework alongside @ChrisBrummerDr and his team.

Read the joint white paper here: https://t.co/2bVibMgLra

[Chris Brummer @ChrisBrummerDr]

@BillHughesDC @RoboStrategy Congratulations! 🎈🎊🎉

[Mark Ajzenstadt @mardehaym]

None of this is satire.

→ A company spent $500,000,000 on Claude in one month because nobody set usage limits

→ Uber ran leaderboards ranking engineers by how much AI they used, not what they shipped

→ Uber burned their entire 2026 budget by April. Their COO said he can’t connect any of it to consumer features

→ A CTO told Axios employees were using enterprise AI to check the weather

→ Microsoft canceled most Claude Code licenses because the token bill spiraled

→ Companies are now laying people off to pay the AI bill. Not because AI replaced the work. Because the bill replaced the headcount.

[Chris Brummer @ChrisBrummerDr]

@giancarloMKTS @Jefferies What a great team up! Congratulations all around.

[Chris Brummer @ChrisBrummerDr]

@isabelletanlee @giancarloMKTS @KatLeighDoherty Nice scoop! And quite a development. Congrats all around to @giancarlomkts and Jefferies.

[Chris Brummer @ChrisBrummerDr]

@banamlas @BermudaMonetary Legal jedi!

[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 US Senate Banking Committee releases crypto Clarity Act draft bill.

[Bluprynt @blupryntco]

Bluprynt is proud to share that the Bermuda Monetary Authority has completed an Embedded Supervision Solution—built with the outstanding team at Apex Group Ltd, @Chainlink and @hackenclub

This initiative replaced manual, post-hoc compliance processes with real-time enforcement. Identity checks. Reserve verification. Transaction-level blocking — before execution finalizes.

It's a pilot for a future that has arrived.

The @BermudaMonetary pilot proved something the industry has been theorizing about for years: compliance doesn't have to be a reporting layer bolted on after the fact — it can be an infrastructure property enforced at the point of execution. We authenticated the issuer, verified reserves in real time through an independent administrator, and blocked non-compliant transactions before they settled — all without a single manual review. That's not incremental improvement. That's a fundamentally different governance model.

At @blupryntco our conviction is that as tokenized assets scale into the trillions, they will require what we call a digital asset operating system — a control layer that makes compliance machine-speed, machine-readable, and enforceable by design. This pilot was the first proof that the architecture works.

[Jacob Robinson @JacobRobinsonJD]

Everyone in crypto should understand money transmission laws.

This @LawofCodeFM podcast explains the history of money transmission, how rules are being (mis)applied, and what might change with draft legislation.

Featured: @valkenburgh, @amandatums, @brianeklein and a snippet from @jchervinsky. This is the most comprehensive podcast I've ever done. Welcome to Law of Code, Season 2.

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro
3:18 What's at stake?
4:40 Which developers are at risk
6:03 Custodial vs. non-custodial
9:32 What is a money transmission license?
9:47 Steamships, the telegraph & Western Union
12:14 The Bank Secrecy Act
13:38 Section 1960
15:26 The Patriot Act
19:39 FinCEN's 2013 and 2019 guidance
24:42 OFAC sanctions Tornado Cash
27:30 How Tornado Cash works
30:48 @coincenter v. Yellen
32:24 DOJ indicts @rstormsf, @semenov_roman_, @TorEkelandPLLC's client & Samourai Wallet devs
35:15 The Van Loon win @preston_vanloon
40:33 Developer losses
43:48 Bad facts make bad law
48:46 @brianeklein on @rstormsf's case
50:50 The Brady letter
57:00 @LewellenMichael sues for answers
1:09:24 The Blanche memo
1:18:46 The Galeotti speech
1:26:13 Catch-22 for developers
1:30:03 The chilling effect @fund_defi @jchervinsky
1:33:48 Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act
1:38:03 Promoting Innovation in Blockchain Development Act
1:45:28 What's next?

Nothing in this podcast is legal or investment advice.

[Chris Brummer @ChrisBrummerDr]

@an_average_bear @HoffProf And: 'Will this really work'

[Chris Brummer @ChrisBrummerDr]

@an_average_bear @HoffProf A ton.

[Chris Brummer @ChrisBrummerDr]

There are moments in the life of a startup when things get real.

I had one yesterday.

I'd just come off stage from #XRPLasVegas talking about programmable compliance—and hinting at some projects coming with @Ripple, when wandering the halls, I turned a corner and saw it: @blupryntco's first poster.

Our first lemonade stand.

I think only when you build something from scratch with a small group of friends can you really appreciate how meaningful little moments like this are. Bluprynt builds infrastructure for some of the leading firms in the space. We've brainstormed with some of the most consequential people in financial regulation and infrastructure. But we're a B2B company. We're just the invisible pipes! We're digital.

So there was something deeply human about seeing your company's name on something you can physically touch, live, at a major conference. Even more so when you didn't ask for it, or expect it. You can see the traction. And quite literally feel the impact.

I can't thank my buddy @DigPerspectives enough and congratulations my friend on such a successful event. Thanks as well to @bgarlinghouse and Ripple stablecoin guru @_JackMcDonald_ for the backstage conversations.

[jeb @JamesBarlia]

WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN DC RECENTLY?

FUNDRAISING
- @SandsCapital closed $1.1B Global Innovation Fund III for late-stage tech
- @xenergynuclear filed for IPO on $109M revenue and $390M net loss
- @CapeCellular (@JohnDoyleCape) raised $100M Series C led by @BainCapVC + @IVP to build a privacy-first mobile carrier targeting gov agencies and enterprises
- ODC raised $45M Series A from @nvidia, @Cisco, @nokia, @ATT, and @BoozAllen in the mix for AI-native radio access network infrastructure
- Claros raised $30M seed led by @generalcatalyst + @RedCellPartners to cut energy loss in data centers
- Carecubes (@adlaskey, former OPower Founder) raised $6.5M Series A for deployable infectious disease isolation units
- @blupryntco (@ChrisBrummerDr) raised $4.25M seed from @valorcapgroup, @cbventures, @RobinhoodApp for crypto compliance

COMPANY WINS & STARTUP NEWS
- @hawkeye360 (@HawkEye360CEO) successfully launched Cluster 14 satellites via @SpaceX Falcon 9 - expanding its RF signals intelligence constellation for defense and maritime customers
- Rune Technologies (@joinrune) landed a $2M Army SBIR contract to deploy predictive logistics AI with the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood
- @KayhanSpace launched Satcat Terminal - a Bloomberg Terminal for orbital data, covering 36K+ objects for insurers and investors
- @ximenahartsock (BuildWithin founder) is joining Chile's incoming cabinet as Minister of Technology and Innovation

LOCAL POLITICS & CULTURAL NEWS
- DC Council is weighing expanded youth curfew zones ahead of the April 15 expiration of the current law
- Mayor Bowser introduced legislation to expand short-term rental rules, including a 90-night allowance for second properties
- DC Streetcar makes its final run today, March 31
- U.S. Small Business Administration moved its DC metro office from downtown to Herndon
- Nationals season started by beating the Cubs in a three-game series - home opener is this Friday against the Dodgers

M&A
- @aerovironment acquired Empirical Systems Aerospace, Inc. (ESAero) for ~$200M, adding to its $4.1B BlueHalo deal - consolidating fast in next-gen defense
- Arlington Capital Partners acquired Sydney-based naval defense contractor Eptec Defense
- Fasoo merged with Konsilix LLC to form Symbologic - combining data security with conversational AI
- Trident Solutions acquired Ibeos for space electronics and mission-critical aerospace components

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[Bluprynt @blupryntco]

We're proud to announce that Bluprynt is now SOC 2 compliant—a foundational step as we build infrastructure for central banks, issuers, blockchains, and core payment providers. Meeting standards matters. So does setting them. More on what's next coming soon.