Trump hosts crypto executives at White House digital assets event
What's new: The meeting coincided with a CFTC advisory session on technology and finance as the administration pushed U.S. crypto leadership.
President Donald Trump met Wednesday with cryptocurrency and finance executives in the Roosevelt Room at the White House for an event focused on digital assets. During the session, Trump cast the United States as a leader in bitcoin, crypto, prediction markets and artificial intelligence, presenting the gathering as part of his administration’s push on emerging financial technology. The event took place alongside a meeting of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Innovation Advisory Committee, which examines technology and finance issues. ABC News described the guest list as a "who’s who" of cryptocurrency leaders.