Coinbase appointed Ryan VanGrack as Vice Chair and head of corporate affairs on July 9, 2026, marking a strategic shift from courtroom battles to a growth-oriented posture. The crypto industry is now in a transition phase, moving away from the SEC’s enforcement era (2023-2024) toward the bipartisan CLARITY Act, which aims to clarify the jurisdictional responsibilities of the SEC and CFTC over digital assets. Coinbase, which saw the SEC lawsuit dismissed in 2023, is now expanding into equities trading, futures, and prediction markets. The legislative text, described by VanGrack as being on the one-yard line, has yet to be finalized.
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