• Coinbase goes after SEC for particulars on value of struggle on crypto.
• The change has filed a FOIA request asking for SEC’s paperwork through the management of former SEC chair Gary Gensler.

Coinbase has filed for a Freedom of Info Act (FOIA) request that seeks an in depth breakdown of what the US Securities and Trade Fee (SEC) spend on its “war on crypto.”

Particularly, the crypto change’s FOIA desires it made public simply how a lot the SEC splashed as a part of its regulation by enforcement method to crypto between April 2021 and January 2025.

Coinbase outlines what it seeks in a submitting on Monday, March 3, 2025.

What else is Coinbase looking for through this FOIA request?

The change desires to understand how a lot the SEC spent on investigations, lawsuits and enforcement unit staff. Per the request, the regulator ought to present the prices concerned because it pursued digital asset associated circumstances, secondary transactions, and staking and lending suppliers.

“We know the previous SEC’s regulation-by-enforcement approach cost Americans innovation, global leadership, and jobs, but how much did it cost in taxpayer dollars? Today, Coinbase submitted a FOIA request asking the SEC to explain how much its war on crypto cost taxpayers,” Coinbase chief authorized officer Paul Grewal famous.

He added:

“What do we hope to find out? How many investigations and enforcement actions were brought – and how much they cost; how many employees worked on these investigations/enforcement actions – and how much they cost; how many third-party contractors were used in these investigations/enforcement actions – and how much they cost,” the Coinbase CLO added in a submit on X.

The request comes amid a current spree of bulletins relating to the SEC’s dropping of a number of crypto circumstances and investigations. It contains the regulator’s lawsuit in opposition to Coinbase and the crypto change Gemini.

SEC, beneath a brand new management following Gary Genser’s exit in January 2025, has additionally closed investigations in opposition to Opensea, Robinhood, Uniswap and MetaMask.

In response to Grewal, the FOIA request is down to the necessity for transparency, with American taxpayers having the suitable to know. Coinbase believes the present SEC management will present the data.