Paul Hemesath is Senior Counsel at Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States. Previously, Paul Hemesath was counsel to the Digital Currency Initiative at the Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section in the United States Department of Justice.  Before that, Paul served as an Assistant United States Attorney at the Eastern District of California for 12 years.  Paul investigated and prosecuted cases involving ransomware, hacking and intrusion, dark web marketplaces, money laundering, Bank Secrecy Act violations, cryptocurrency, and other technology-related federal crimes.  For his work on cryptocurrency-related crimes, Paul received Attorney General’s Distinguished Service and the FBI Director’s awards.  Paul graduated from UCLA with a political science degree, and he received law and foreign service degrees from Georgetown University.