Mike is Chief Policy Officer at Coinbase, the nation’s leading digital currency company. Coinbase provides exchange and wallet services to enable consumers and investors to access digital currencies such as Bitcoin, Litecoin and Ethereum. Mike works to ensure that state, local, federal and international policymakers create a legal and regulatory ecosystem that enables digital currencies to grow and operate in a safe, trusted way. From 2017-2018, Mike served as Coinbase’s Chief Legal & Risk Officer when he led the legal, compliance, risk, corporate secretary and government affairs teams.

In addition, Mike serves on the Boards of all Coinbase subsidiary companies. Mike serves on the City Council of Atherton, California. He was elected in 2014 and served as Mayor in 2016-2017. Atherton is a residential community in the heart of Silicon Valley. The Mayor and Council oversee the town’s government, including the Police Department and other city functions. Mike has worked extensively in both the public and private sectors. He has been appointed by three Presidential administrations to senior government positions and has worked closely on a daily basis with two Attorneys General. He was selected as a White House Fellow, and has served as a Deputy Associate Attorney General and Executive Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. He also served as Vice President of the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation, an independent agency intended to encourage U.S. investment and economic growth in developing nations. Mike graduated from Dartmouth College and the Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley.