With SEC fight over, Coinbase’s top legal exec Grewal moves on, and others reassigned
The post With SEC fight over, Coinbase’s top legal exec Grewal moves on, and others reassigned appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal is leaving the company after its high-profile, years-long legal fight with U.S. regulators, and the U.S. exchange also announced further changes to its senior leadership. Grewal is departing to work at a startup, according to a Thursday announcement from Coinbase. Molly Abraham will now lead the company’s legal team as general counsel, and Ryan Van Grack will become vice chairman, in what’s anticipated to be a broader and more public-facing role. “Leading Coinbase’s legal team through the biggest fight of our industry has been the single greatest achievement of my six-year tenure,” Grewal said in a statement. “Our legal wins helped ensure crypto not only had a future in this country, but could flourish.” His statement continued on to say he would continue as an adviser to Coinbase, and would work on Coinbase’s trust