Coinbase has settled a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over records it sought from the agency, the cryptocurrency exchange's chief legal officer, Paul Grewal, ​said in a Wall Street Journal op-ed on Wednesday. Grewal said the agency, which polices corporate record-keeping, had lost text messages between former Chair Gary Gensler and other officials after a process ⁠the SEC said "automatically wiped" certain data. As part of the settlement, the SEC will pay $150,000 ⁠and fix its record-retention policies, he wrote. SEC did not immediately respond to a ... (full story)