The excision of the Chevron doctrine from administrative law is the crest of a wave of litigative enthusiasm that has been building in the banking industry for years. But defanging the administrative state could also establish binding legal precedents that can cut both ways.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell brushed away concerns that a second Trump presidency could imperil the central bank's independence.

Old Glory Bank, which has ties to conservative political figures and touts itself as "pro-America," needs to raise more capital to meet its regulator's requirements. "Failure is not an option. We're going to figure this out," the bank's president and CEO said.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s framework for resolving a large bank failure is inadequate and leaves the door open to future taxpayer-subsidized bailouts.

Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, told Synapse's partner banks, fintech companies and investors to pool together resources to immediately restore customer's access to deposits frozen in lengthy bankruptcy proceedings.

CRTs have changed since the financial crisis. But the eventual credit cycle turn is likely to show again that weaker banks' CRT use merely transformed, but did not eliminate, risk.

Banking experts are divided on how regulators will reshape the capital overhaul and if reported revisions being floated by regulators will meet the banking industry's demands.

The Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued a proposal mandating banks enhance their anti-money-laundering and counterterrorism financing programs, including measures to address fentanyl trafficking and Russian money laundering.

The plan from the Heritage Foundation, a group the first Trump administration was largely in line with, would shutter CFPB, break up HUD and raise FHA premiums.

The cryptocurrency sector is only the latest in a long line of corporate interests seeking to distort our democracy by converting their financial power into political power.