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Paul Grewal

Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary, Coinbase Global

Search every verified Paul Grewal interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Paul Grewal, Chief Legal Officer of Coinbase, has been discussing the company's legal strategy and the broader regulatory landscape for cryptocurrency. In an interview, Grewal stated that Coinbase's approach to crypto involves following the law, building a licensed and regulated exchange, and advocating for rules, including suing the government when rules are not provided. He also expressed concern that public service is increasingly viewed as a burden, potentially deterring talented individuals from serving. On Coinbase's Q1 2026 earnings call, Grewal expressed confidence that a piece of legislation called "Clarity" would be signed by the end of the summer, describing it as a "significant unlock" for the industry. He noted that the bill would provide regulatory clarity on issues such as rewards and would allow Coinbase to build new products and services. In a separate keynote discussion, Grewal predicted that tokenized equities would be a major topic in 2027, citing an anticipated innovation exemption from the SEC. He also described a White House-led meeting where lobbyists for banks and crypto representatives were brought together to negotiate.

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“Coinbase's main pitch to me was we're going to do crypto in a very different way. Unlike many of our competitors in the space then and sadly even now, we were going to follow the law. We were going to build an exchange that was licensed, that was regulated. We were going to not just call for the passage of rules and laws. we were going to we were going to advocate for it. We were going to even sue our own government ”

“Mark my words, we're going to be talking a lot about tokenized equities in 2027. The fact of the matter is that um the the the SEC is on the cusp of announcing an innovation exemption that will allow for the tokenization of equities here in the United States in a way that I think will be extremely powerful.”

“It's a tale as as old as time and yet uh we seem um committed to relearning it over and over again as new technologies and new markets emerge.”

“The long and the short of it is that uh over the course of a number of weeks, the White House brought everybody together literally in a room at the Eisenhower building. um they didn't quite lock the door, but they took away our phones and um made it clear we you know would not be able to use the restroom whenever we wanted in an effort to really force a conversation between the lobbyists representing the banks on the”

“Not only viable, I I I am predicting uh it will happen. ... And so all of that's to say um you know there is a um a certain doggedness you have to have in this in this line of work particularly when it comes to crypto um that uh allows you to continue to keep at it and and and and and try to move things forward even when political winds can shift or other political priorities can take can take over. That's what we're”

“No. What's the next question? Look, uh, no, not at all. uh you you describe you know me and and my company as as sitting in the bullseye bullseye Peter of course canotes a certain prize uh at the end of the process I would I would perhaps pick a different word crosshairs um that's certainly what it felt like um even days or weeks into um joining Coinbase in the summer of 2020 and certainly by the time we got to the f”

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