On August 6th, in response to the latest complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission by cryptocurrency critic Molly White and consumer advocacy group Public Citizen,
Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal responded in a post on X: "The confiscated crypto assets are not appropriations from Congress. The complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission by a self-proclaimed cryptocurrency critic and Director of Public Citizen Research is nothing new, but it is worth noting that there is no minimum threshold for filing such a complaint, and this complaint was filed by an individual without election law expertise. Who exactly funded it? It seems to be equivalent to a press release issued under another name.