Bitcoin industry meets Trump at White House today on crypto rules

President Trump is expected to meet with major cryptocurrency and prediction market executives at the White House today to discuss crypto regulation, signaling the administration’s intent to move forward on digital asset rules whether or not Congress passes pending legislation.

The closed-door meeting at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building will bring together executives from Coinbase, Ripple, Kraken, Kalshi, Polymarket, Gemini, Robinhood, and Andreessen Horowitz, along with leaders from traditional finance firms including Nasdaq, CME Group, and the Intercontinental Exchange, according to reports from Bitcoin.com News and KuCoin. SEC Chair Paul Atkins and CFTC Chair Michael Selig are expected to attend, along with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.

The gathering takes place one day before the CFTC’s newly established Innovation Advisory Committee holds its inaugural meeting on August 20, titled “Crypto’s Regulatory Evolution: From Uncertainty to Clarity.” This back-to-back scheduling underscores the White House’s strategy to align policy and regulatory action on digital assets, according to industry analysis from KuCoin.

The bitcoin news industry meeting comes as the Senate’s landmark CLARITY Act—which would establish clear regulatory boundaries between the SEC and CFTC over digital assets—remains stalled. A procedural vote on the bill is scheduled for September 15 and would require 60 votes to advance; Republicans hold 53 seats. Market pricing shows roughly a 19% probability the bill will become law by the end of 2026, according to Polymarket contracts cited by KuCoin, down from a peak of 82% in February.