Horowitz joined Coinbase in the middle of 2018 after spending 12 years at Pershing LLC, a BNY Mellon company. In an announcement at the time, the exchange described his appointment as an important step in its quest to become “the world’s most trusted and easiest to use cryptocurrency service.”
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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong didn't think selling analytical software to the Secret Service would cause any waves... (Photo: Steve Jennings/Techcrunch)Coinbase defends $183K contract with the U.S. Secret Service
‘I don’t think it’s particularly newsworthy,’ tweets a dismissive Brian Armstrong
Some of the exchange’s users have expressed concerns about how their data is being used, but Armstrong has shrugged off this criticism, writing: “Whether Coinbase sells blockchain analytics software or not, transactions on public blockchains are still traceable by any number of people out there.”
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Paul Grewal poached from Facebook to become Coinbase’s chief legal officer
He replaces Brian Brooks, who left Coinbase four months ago to join the Office for the Comptroller of the Currency; Grewal may presiding over a Coinbase IPO
In a July 8 blog post announcing the hire, Grewal was described as a top executive who has “repeatedly encountered some of the largest and most complicated legal issues in tech.”
