Recognizing a need in the cryptocurrency industry, the legal team at San Francisco-based digital currency exchange Coinbase developed a securities rating scorecard to assess the risk that any particular digital asset may be a security subject to certain regulatory scrutiny. The Coinbase team has shared its scorecard with state and federal regulators and promoted it as a self-help tool to help the industry keep an eye on securities law compliance.

That work and spirit of collaboration landed Coinbase as the Most Innovative Emerging Company Legal Department of the Year as part of The Recorder’s the California Leaders in Tech Law and Innovation Awards. The Recorder asked Brian Brooks, the chief legal officer at Coinbase, about the challenges he and his colleagues have faced in the past year.

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