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American crypto trading firm Coinbase Global Inc. has scored another major win against the Federal Deposit Insurance Commission (FDIC) in its ongoing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) legal battle. This new ruling flags the FDIC for making what the court called “nuanced redactions.” Coinbase and FDIC: Where is The Case Heading? According to excerpts of the ruling shared by Paul Grewal, the exchange’s Chief Legal Officer, the Judge said FDIC acted in bad faith with its redactions. The judge noted that the market regulator cannot just “blanket redact everything that is not a preposition.” In light of this development, the court has ordered the agency to re-review documents and make more thoughtful redactions. Once this is done, the court expects that the new version of the documents will be made available to Coinbase by January 3, 2025. The FDIC would need to take caution in carrying out new redactions. This is because the court will require that it defends every change made to the document. JUST IN: Judge Reyes ruled that FDIC didn’t do what it was ordered to do. “The Court is concerned with what appears to be FDICs lack of good-faith effort in making nuanced redactions. Defendant cannot simply blanket redact everything that is not an article or preposition.” 1/3 https://t.co/AX5HCKjrij — paulgrewal.eth (@iampaulgrewal) December 12, 2024 Revelation of FDIC’s Chokepoint Letters to Banks This new ruling comes as Coinbase shared documents last week that exposed the FDIC’s role in the much criticized Operation Chokepoint 2.0. All the letters were obtained through a FOIA request and a long period of demand from the FDIC The content of the letters suggest that the agency instructed banks to limit services to crypto businesses in 2022. Also, the crypto exchange’s legal team are certain that these documents provide evidence of a…

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