Trump's Bitcoin Summit: Who Will Be Present At The White House?

Donald Trump hosts tonight at the White House more than 20 leaders from the crypto industry for an unprecedented summit. This meeting, scheduled from 6:30 PM to 10:30 PM UTC, comes in the wake of the signing of the presidential decree establishing a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.

A historic event for the American crypto ecosystem

The White House crypto summit is taking place tonight, from 6:30 PM to 10:30 PM UTC, under the auspices of President Donald Trump. The event brings together more than 20 key participants, including industry leaders and members of the presidential working group on digital assets.

On the government side, the White House will host Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and the chairs of the SEC and CFTC. Advisor Bo Hines and David Sacks, Trump’s “crypto czar,” will also participate in the summit.

The crypto industry will include major figures like Brad Garlinghouse (Ripple), Michael Saylor (Strategy), Brian Armstrong (Coinbase), Sergey Nazarov (Chainlink), Senator Cynthia Lummis, Gabor Gurbacs (VanEck), and JP Richardson (Exodus).

A parallel reception is organized outside the White House for professionals not invited to the main roundtable. Just yesterday, Caroline Pham, acting chair of the CFTC, gathered several leaders including Paolo Ardoino (Tether) and Greg Tusar (Coinbase) at a preparatory forum.

However, the community notes the absence of influential figures such as Cathie Wood (ARK), Vitalik Buterin (Ethereum), Jeremy Allaire (Circle), Charles Hoskinson (Cardano), and Anatoly Yakovenko (Solana).

Major stakes for the future of Bitcoin in the United States

This summit comes in the wake of Donald Trump signing a presidential decree establishing a ” Strategic Bitcoin Reserve ” and a “Digital Asset Stock,” radically transforming the American approach to cryptocurrencies.

The government will now retain its 198,109 seized bitcoins, worth $17 billion, instead of selling them as it did before. This initiative, comparable to Fort Knox for gold, “will cost taxpayers nothing” according to David Sacks, the president’s crypto advisor.

In summary, this summit represents a crucial step in the new American strategy on digital assets. The decisions resulting from it could not only solidify Bitcoin’s status as an institutional store of value but also redefine the regulatory framework for the entire crypto ecosystem in the United States.