Coinbase has hired Goldman Sachs executive Faryar Shirzad to head its lobbying efforts.
Shirzad, who was global co-head of government affairs at Goldman, joined the bank in 2006 and was on the staff of the National Security Council and worked in the Department of Commerce. Shirzad is now chief policy officer at Coinbase.
Coinbase, along with the rest of the crypto industry, is coming under increasing scrutiny from regulators.