Share this article Coinbase Global Inc., Square Inc., Fidelity Digital Investments, and Paradigm Investments have signed on as the pioneering cryptocurrency council’s initial members. Coinbase Pioneers Trade Group The group titled “Crypto Council for Innovation” will lobby regulators, take up research projects, and promote the industry in general “championing the economic benefits of digital currencies and related technologies,” according to the WSJ report. The council will appoint a board with members from each of the four initial signing companies and build an executive team to carry out the agendas. The organization will mirror others’ efforts like Coincenter and Chamber of Digital Commerce in educating the regulators via starter programs like sending Bitcoins to all U.S. senators.