Coinbase Appoints Faryar Shirzad as Chief Policy Officer

Coinbase, a digital currency wallet and platform, announced the appointment of Faryar Shirzad as its Chief Policy Officer, effective next month. Faryar is currently Global Co-Head of Government Affairs of Goldman Sachs.

Faryar has impressive experience in regulation and policy making fields. He has been working at Goldman Sachs for 15 years. During this period, Faryar played a leading role in managing the firm’s government relations and public policy strategy to help the firm navigate complex legislative and regulatory developments.

Prior to Goldman Sachs, he was Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs of the National Security Council, the White House. Also, he served as Assistant Secretary for Import Administration at the US Department of Commerce and previously as International Trade Counsel to the US Senate Committee on Finance. He is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and in 2010 received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.

​“I am excited to announce that I will be joining Coinbase as Chief Policy Officer next month. I’ll be working alongside Paul Grewal, Emilie Choi, Brian Armstrong and team to help build a global cryptoeconomy that serves the best interests of consumers, institutions, builders and regulators,” Faryar posted on LinkedIn. 

“Coinbase has embraced regulation from day one and will continue to do so as it works to bring the promise of crypto to people around the world. I was drawn to Coinbase’s view that regulation is a business enabler and not a burden, an approach I wholeheartedly agree with. After spending 15 years at an extraordinary company like Goldman Sachs, I look forward to this next chapter and diving into the challenges and massive opportunities ahead of us, ” he added.