Wu said that he learned that Paul Grewal, chief legal officer of Coinbase, tweeted that late Friday the SEC blocked Coinbase from obtaining documents from Gary Gensler in the lawsuit. For background, in March 2021, Gensler told Congress that the SEC lacked regulatory authority over digital asset trading platforms, confirming the long-held view of market participants that digital asset transactions traded on these trading platforms did not fall under the jurisdiction of securities laws. Mr. Gensler, a distinguished professor of blockchain technology and later speaking in his personal capacity as chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, has made many other statements to the general public and market participants on this issue. Coinbase has requested documents from Mr. Gensler regarding these communications because they are relevant to revealing how the SEC's enforcement actions violate the constitutional due process requirements, but the SEC and Mr. Gensler have attempted to prevent these documents from being exposed.