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Ben Weiss

Coinbase’s chief legal officer humbles himself before Pepe coin horde after newsletter provides incomplete history of meme

Paul Grewal, chief legal officer of Coinbase, speaks during the CoinDesk 2023 Consensus Festival. (Credit: Matthew Busch—Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Paul Grewal, Coinbase’s chief legal officer, has a high-powered résumé. He went to MIT, attended the University of Chicago Law School, worked at Facebook, and was once a U.S. magistrate judge.

But not even his academic pedigree and star-studded career path could save him from wading into the maelstrom of absurdity that is Pepe coin.

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