The most important crypto news today is not a price move. It is the gap that opened over the weekend between Washington's political theatre and Washington's actual legislative math. On Wednesday, President Trump is expected to sit down with the CEOs of Coinbase, Ripple, Gemini, Robinhood, Polymarket and Kalshi. Three days earlier, the crypto industry's most-watched policy analyst cut the odds of the CLARITY Act passing this year to 10 percent. Bitcoin, caught between the two, is stuck around 63,000 dollars after its worst week of ETF outflows in two months.
Crypto News Today: White House Crypto Summit Collides With Collapsing CLARITY Act Odds
The most important crypto news today is not a price move. It is the gap that opened over the weekend between Washington's political theatre and Washington's actual legislative math. On Wednesday, President Trump is expected to sit down…
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Aug 17, 2026 at 10:36 AM UTC · 6 分钟阅读

What is the biggest crypto news today?
The biggest crypto news today is that the United States crypto industry is heading into a high-profile White House meeting with its flagship legislation effectively on life support. People briefed on the planning say Trump is expected to attend a Wednesday White House meeting with the crypto CEOs who sit on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's new Innovation Advisory Committee, a day before that committee holds its inaugural session. Attendees are also expected to include CFTC Chairman Mike Selig, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. SEC Chair Paul Atkins is expected at the White House as well.
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