Lawrence Zlatkin is the Vice President, Tax at Coinbase, the leading cryptocurrency exchange in the US and a global market leader. He joined Coinbase in January 2020 and is an active proponent for clarity and dialogue in the tax regulation of the digital asset economy. Lawrence took on his role at Coinbase following a career of nearly 25 years at the General Electric Company and as a tax lawyer at a number of global US law firms. He is a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School (JD) and McGill University (BA) in his native Canada.

Lawrence is a Society Fellow of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC or the “Joint”) and a trustee of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, reflecting his passion for humanitarian relief and peace in the Middle East. He also follows in the footsteps of his late wife and son as a Board member of National Sawdust, an innovative performing arts center in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. He is a long-standing member of Temple Israel in Westport, where he served for many years on its Finance Board, and is a benefactor of the Jewish Federation of Greater Fairfield County, where he lives.