Grant Rabenn is the Director of Financial Crimes Legal at Coinbase, where he leads the company’s legal team responsible for advising on anti-money laundering, sanctions, and regulatory compliance and advocacy. He is a national expert on the intersection of technology, crime, and money laundering. He joined Coinbase in March 2021. Prior to Coinbase, he
served for a decade as a federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of California, where he held leadership positions in money laundering and cybercrime task forces with the FBI, DEA, IRS, and Homeland Security.

In addition to this work, Grant also prosecuted a full scope of criminal cases, including public corruption, financial fraud, narcotics trafficking, and child exploitation. As part of his work in government, Grant was the lead attorney on the global investigation and prosecution of AlphaBay, the world’s largest darkweb marketplace, which was described as the most
successful cybercrime operation in the history of the Internet, and for which he received numerous commendations, including the FBI Director’s Award, the Attorney General’s Award, and the Office of Director of National Intelligence’s Meritorious Service Award. His work as a prosecutor is profiled in the book ‘Tracers in the Dark’, which chronicles the federal
government’s early response to cryptocurrency-related crime.

Grant is a graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center (cum laude) and the University of California, Los Angeles (magna cum laude).