{"id":143484,"date":"2026-02-06T14:38:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T22:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/02\/06\/fdic-to-pay-188k-in-attorney-fees-revise-foia-practices-over-crypto-banking-pause-letters\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T14:38:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T22:38:20","slug":"fdic-to-pay-188k-in-attorney-fees-revise-foia-practices-over-crypto-banking-pause-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/02\/06\/fdic-to-pay-188k-in-attorney-fees-revise-foia-practices-over-crypto-banking-pause-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"FDIC to Pay $188K in Attorney Fees, Revise FOIA Practices Over Crypto Banking Pause Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThis historic settlement follows the court&#8217;s ruling that the agency officially violated FOIA,  Paul Grewal, the chief legal officer at Coinbase who backed History Associates Inc., said on social media.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" 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follows the court&#8217;s ruling that the agency officially violated FOIA,  Paul Grewal, the chief legal officer at Coinbase who backed History Associates Inc., said on social media.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/945209486\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a title=\"Add to FaceBook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/2\/945209486\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fbshare20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Like on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/28\/945209486\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fblike20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Pin it!\" 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