Today on the Brief:

• Visa drops $5.3B Plaid acquisition after DOJ antitrust suit
• ECB President Christine Lagarde discusses bitcoin and digital euro 
• Acting OCC chief Brian Brooks to step down this week 

Our main discussion: Gary Gensler rumored to be the new SEC Chair. In this episode, NLW discusses:

• Gensler’s background at Goldman, CFTC and MIT
• Gensler’s MIT course
• Previous statements on Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Ripple
• The crypto communities reaction to Gensler at the SEC