The SEC has told us it wants to sue us over Lend. We don’t know why.

By Paul Grewal, Chief Legal OfficerLast Wednesday, after months of effort by Coinbase to engage productively, the SEC gave us what’s called a Wells notice about our planned Coinbase Lend program. A Wells notice is the official way a regulator tells a company that it intends to sue the company in court. As surprised as we were at the SEC’s threat to sue without ever telling us why, we want to be transparent with you about the course of events leading up to it.BackgroundCoinbase has been proactive...