SEC vs. Coinbase with Coinbase's Chief Legal Officer, Paul Grewal
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🗓️ 7 June 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
The SEC is showing all of its cards. Gary Gensler doesn't want the crypto industry to exist at all. After yesterday's Binance suit, the SEC is going after Coinbase too.
We brought on Coinbases's Legal Officer, Paul Grewal to hear how Coinbase plans to fight, how you, Bankless listener, can join the fight, and what's next for the crypto industry. Should we be optimistic?
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
3:09 Coinbase Sued
4:42 Timing
6:50 What Does the SEC Want?
9:08 Gary's Confidence
10:38 SEC's Token/Security Choices
12:34 Will Coinbase Delist Tokens?
14:35 Freezing Coinbase Assets?
15:26 Next Steps
17:05 Future Court Case
18:20 What to be Optimistic About?
19:52 How to Join the Fight
21:02 Closing & Disclaimers
21:45 Coinbase Video
https://twitter.com/coinbase/status/1666135834062467083?s=20
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Resources:
Coinbase Sued
https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1666061613357584384?s=20
Crypto435
https://www.coinbase.com/public-policy/advocacy/crypto435
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| 0:00.0 | Think this nation war has been declared on crypto today the SEC announced charges against |
| 0:09.6 | Coinbase for operating an unregistered securities exchange broker and clearing agency. |
| 0:15.3 | Coin is down 10% on the news. |
| 0:17.5 | We have Paul Graywell on the show. |
| 0:18.8 | We had him on six weeks ago when Coinbase was originally given a well-nosed notice from |
| 0:22.7 | the SEC now that they has come. |
| 0:25.2 | We're bringing him back onto the show now that the lawsuit has been filed and we're going |
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