US President Donald Trump will host the first-ever White House Crypto Summit from 6:30 pm to 10:30 pm UTC on 7 March 2025. Reports indicate that over 25 guests, including members of the Presidential Working Group on Digital Assets, will attend.
Fox News journalist Eleanor Terrett, on Wednesday, 5 March 2025, reported that 11 crypto executives and two White House representatives confirmed their presence at the event.
SCOOP: As of this morning, the official invites for Friday’s White House Crypto Summit have yet to be sent out.
The guest list, according to two sources close to the proceedings, will be smaller than previously anticipated and feature industry bigwigs like @saylor.
The…
— Eleanor Terrett (@EleanorTerrett) March 4, 2025
The officially confirmed and tentative participants from the White House include names such as the Executive Director of the Presidential Council of Advisors, Bo Hines, Crypto Czar David Sacks, Acting chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Mark Uyeda and Acting chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Caroline Pham. Notably, Sacks and Hines stand at the center of the administration’s plans regarding digital assets.
Terrett reported, “Unclear as of now who aside from Bo Hines and David Sacks will be in attendance, but if you go back to Trump’s executive order, the presidential working group also includes Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Attorney General Pam Bondi, the SEC chair, the CFTC chair and others.”
Terette also said, “A larger, invite-only reception is being planned across the street from the White House for those not invited to the roundtable meeting,” adding that the plans are not fully finalised and things could change.
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Crypto Titans Set to Join Trump’s White House Summit
The Summit is set to feature a roster of elite attendees, an effort by the administration to engage with key stakeholders of the crypto industry.
Initial confirmations in the list unveil that Michael Saylor, Executive Chairman of Strategy, Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, and Vlad Tenev, CEO of Robinhood, will be attending the event. With Strategy’s substantial investments in Bitcoin, Saylor’s involvement is particularly significant and reflects a strong institutional backing for digital assets. Armstrong’s and Tenev’s presence follows the recent dismissal of the SEC’s cases against Coinbase and Robinhood.
The list also includes Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, an active advocate for the industry. He recently praised the SEC’s quick move on the Coinbase case and how it was undoing the damage of the previous Gensler administration’s ‘regulation by enforcement’ approach. Although Terrett’s shared list did not include Garlinghouse, the Ripple CEO previously stated his intention to attend the event during his Washington visit to advocate for the industry on March 2, 2025, via a post on X.
He wrote, “I will certainly continue to champion this while in Washington at the end of this week.”
I’ve said this before – the crypto industry will achieve our goals (and beyond), IF WE WORK TOGETHER. Appreciate the crypto President @realDonaldTrump’s vision of a govt digital asset reserve representative of the industry.
Maximalism is the enemy of the industry’s progress.… https://t.co/GiAAI1NuRk
— Brad Garlinghouse (@bgarlinghouse) March 2, 2025
Other high-profile attendees include Bitcoin Magazine CEO David Bailey, Paradigm Co-founder Matt Huang, Exodus CEO JP Richardson, Multicoin Capital’s Managing Partner Kyle Samani, Trump-linked World Liberty Financial’s Zack Witkoff, Chainlink Co-founder Sergey Nazarov, Kraken CEO Arjun Sethi, and Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek.
Growing speculations around the summit have led the crypto community to voice their opinion on including other key stakeholders from the sector. Suggested names include ARK Invest founder Cathie Wood, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, Circle co-founder Jeremy Allaire, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson, and Solana founder Anatoly Yakovenko.
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Discussions Revolve Around the Establishment of a Cryptocurrency Reserve
As the date of the summit is nearing, discussions regarding the establishment of the cryptocurrency reserve have sprung up. According to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Trump envisions a strategic Bitcoin reserve.
Lutnick further stated, “Now there will be the question of, how do we handle the other cryptocurrencies? And I think the model is going to be announced on Friday when we do that.”
The summit will reportedly reveal the administration’s approach towards other crypto assets. The upcoming event is expected to address the framework for the proposed cryptocurrency reserve, including the selection of crypto assets and their regulatory considerations.
The community by and large has expressed their interest in the summit, taking particular interest in seeking regulatory clarity and its repercussions on market dynamics.
Notably, they are on the standby to see whether Congress will pass a bipartisan stablecoin bill introduced last month by Senators Bill Hagerty, Tim Scott, Kitsten Gillibrand and Cynthia Lummis. If approved, financial institutions would be able to issue their own stablecoins.
Moreover, crypto inventors and market leaders are waiting to see whether the SEC will approve ETFs investing in tokens such as Solana, XRP and Cardano.
Key opinion and industry leaders expect to understand how the financial system will fund, manage, and integrate the reserve.
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Key Takeaways
- Market participants are eager to get regulatory clarity at the crypto summit on the framework governing the crypto reserve.
- The Industry awaits clarity on stablecoin legislation and the SEC’s stance on crypto ETFs.
- High-profile attendees include Coinbase’s Brian Armstrong, Robinhood’s Vlad Tenev, and Ripple’s Brad Garlinghouse.
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