- President Donald Trump is expected to attend a Wednesday White House meeting with crypto and prediction market executives.
- The session is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. ET at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
- Invitees include leaders from Coinbase, Ripple, Gemini, Robinhood, Polymarket, Kalshi and others; CFTC Chair Michael Selig is also expected.
- The gathering serves as a kickoff for the CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee’s first meeting on Thursday, Aug. 20.
President Donald Trump is expected to participate in a White House meeting with senior executives from the cryptocurrency and prediction market industries on Wednesday, according to people familiar with the plans.
The gathering is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Eastern time at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next to the White House, The Block reported. CoinDesk and Semafor also reported that participants have been advised of Trump’s planned attendance.
Invitees include executives from Coinbase, Ripple, Gemini, Robinhood, Polymarket, Kalshi, a16z, Chainlink and Paradigm, as well as representatives from the Digital Chamber and Patrick Witt, executive director of the White House Digital Assets Advisory Council, according to the reports.
CFTC Chairman Michael S. Selig is also expected to attend, per The Block. The session is intended as a kickoff for the inaugural meeting of the CFTC’s Innovation Advisory Committee on Thursday, Aug. 20, which will discuss crypto regulation, artificial intelligence and prediction markets, according to a CFTC announcement.
The committee, sponsored by Chairman Selig, includes CEOs such as Brian Armstrong of Coinbase, Brad Garlinghouse of Ripple, Shayne Coplan of Polymarket and Tarek Mansour of Kalshi, among more than 30 members from crypto, traditional finance and related sectors, as detailed in an earlier CFTC release.
The White House meeting aims to initiate policy dialogue on key innovation areas amid ongoing discussions around market structure legislation like the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act.
