Trump to Meet Crypto, Prediction-Market Executives Near White House on Aug. 19

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President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with senior executives from the cryptocurrency and prediction-market industries in Washington on Aug. 19, according to media reports.

The Block reported on Aug. 15 that the meeting is set for 2:30 p.m. Eastern time at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building near the White House.

CFTC Chairman Brian Quintenz is also expected to attend. Bloomberg reported that SEC Chairman Paul Atkins is set to join the meeting as well.

People from Coinbase, Ripple, Chainlink, Kalshi, Paradigm, Andreessen Horowitz, known as a16z, and the Digital Chamber have been invited, according to the report. Patrick Witt, executive director of the White House Digital Assets Advisory Council, is also expected to attend.

The event is being held ahead of the first meeting of the CFTC's Innovation Advisory Committee on Aug. 20. That meeting will run from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and focus on three areas: cryptocurrency regulation, artificial intelligence and prediction markets.

The committee includes 35 participants, among them Polymarket Chief Executive Officer Shayne Coplan, Kalshi Chief Executive Officer Tarek Mansour and Ripple Chief Executive Officer Brad Garlinghouse, as well as representatives from Cboe, CME Group, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. and Nasdaq.