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The US Securities and Exchange Commission has agreed to pay Coinbase $150,000 in legal fees to resolve a two-year Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, closing a contentious chapter that exposed how the agency deleted nearly a full year of former Chair Gary Gensler’s text messages.A filing made on Wednesday confirmed the agreement, ending Coinbase’s legal push to obtain internal SEC records at the height of the Biden-era crackdown on crypto. The exchange filed the original suit seeking documents it argued would prove the regulator’s approach amounted to ‘crypto by enforcement’ rather than transparent rulemaking.<a href="https://cryptonewsrush.com/sec-pays-coinbase-150000-to-settle-foia-suit-over-genslers-vanished-texts/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Click here to read the full article →</a>

SEC Pays Coinbase $150,000 to Settle FOIA Suit Over Gensler’s Vanished Texts

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