In light of the reports from Coinbase, Jeff Horowitz the association’s Chief consistence official is set to head out in different directions with the exchange.
His exit is, notwithstanding, not associated with the argumentative and unsettled blog entry by the organization’s CEO Brian Armstrong that surfaced a week ago. It began when a few representatives requested that the organization take a position on social/policy driven issues like the Black Lives Matter development, which provoked the announcement from the organization’s chief, where Armstrong declared an ‘unopinionated’ non-dissident position. It is supposed this post prompted about 5% of the organization staff (60 representatives) withdrawing.
Before joining Coinbase, Horowitz had worked with a few different firms, including Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers. At the hour of his recruit to Coinbase, Horwitz worked for Pershing, a BNY Mellon auxiliary having some expertise in business administrations.
He was the primary CCO at Coinbase – a position he has served since 2018. In the two years he has been with the organization, Horowitz has achieved a few achievements. His exertion was instrumental in forming the trade’s enemy of illegal tax avoidance (AML) rules. Likewise, he helped the organization accomplish consistence with proposals from the Financial Action Task Force.
Reports additionally detail that he assumed a critical function in landing JPMorgan as a financial accomplice for the trade. A representative from Coinbase substantiated investigates Horowitz’s leave, saying,
“Since joining the company in mid-2018, Jeff played an active role in helping to shape crypto and AML regulation with FATF, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Department of Treasury and regulators around the globe. We’re grateful for his service and wish him the best in the future. While we conduct a search for a new CCO, our Chief Legal Officer, Paul Grewal, will take over day-to-day responsibility for our compliance programs, with support from our compliance leads“.
