Coinbase Sues SEC, FDIC for Records on Crypto Trade Policing (1)

Coinbase Global Inc. sued two federal financial regulators in a bid to obtain records on their policing of crypto trading, the latest twist in a series of legal fights between one of the largest crypto platforms and Washington agencies.

History Associates Inc., a consultant hired by Coinbase for the records requests, brought one suit Thursday against the Securities and Exchange Commission for documents related to three crypto investigations, hoping for details about how the securities regulator views its crypto authority.

A second case against the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is seeking to force the banking regulator to turn over letters ...