Coinbase says it strongly believes US SEC investigation should not continue

(Reuters) -Coinbase said on Thursday it strongly believes a regulatory investigation by the U.S. securities regulator into its disclosures of monthly transacting users should not continue.

The statement follows a New York Times (NYSE:NYT) report that said the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN)’s user numbers in past disclosures were accurate.

"This is a hold-over investigation from the prior administration about a metric we stopped reporting two and a half years ago, which was fully disclosed to the public," Paul Grewal, the crypto exchange’s chief legal officer, added in an emailed statement to Reuters.

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