President Donald Trump is expected to attend a private White House meeting on August 19 with executives from leading cryptocurrency and prediction market companies. The gathering, planned for the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, will bring together industry representatives and senior administration officials to discuss regulatory matters ahead of related agency sessions.

People familiar with the planning said attendees are expected to include executives from Coinbase, Ripple, Andreessen Horowitz, Chainlink, Paradigm and Kalshi. Additional participants may come from the Digital Chamber, Gemini, Robinhood and Polymarket. The session is viewed as a starting point for broader policy discussions on digital assets and related markets.

Regulatory Officials Set to Participate

CFTC Chairman Michael Selig and SEC Chairman Paul Atkins are also expected to take part. Other possible attendees include Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Patrick Witt, who leads the presidential council of advisers on digital assets. No formal participant list or agenda has been released by the White House.

The August 19 meeting precedes the inaugural session of the CFTC’s newly formed 35-member Innovation Advisory Committee on August 20. That committee includes chief executives from crypto firms, prediction market operators and traditional finance institutions such as CME Group, Nasdaq and Intercontinental Exchange. Discussion topics for the committee meeting are expected to cover crypto regulation, artificial intelligence and prediction markets, including challenges to establishing a durable federal market structure.

Focus on Market Structure Legislation

The timing aligns with ongoing efforts around the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, known as the CLARITY Act. The legislation seeks to clarify jurisdictional lines between the CFTC and SEC. It would place spot markets for qualifying digital commodities under CFTC oversight while leaving assets classified as securities under SEC authority. The bill also outlines federal requirements for exchanges, brokers, dealers, advisers and custodians.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune has scheduled a cloture vote on the motion to proceed for September 15. At least 60 senators must support the procedural step. The House approved its version in July 2025 by a 294–134 vote. The Senate Banking Committee advanced related text in May 2026 by a 15–9 margin. Differences between the chambers would require further negotiation before any final measure could reach the president.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse have publicly backed the legislation. Armstrong previously described congressional delays as disappointing while noting that technology adoption continues independently of legislative calendars. He has pointed to activity in stablecoins, tokenized assets and perpetual futures as evidence of ongoing momentum. Garlinghouse has similarly supported the measure as part of broader industry advocacy.

Unresolved issues in the bill include provisions on political ethics, stablecoin rewards, software developer protections, illicit finance controls and consumer safeguards. Prediction markets have assigned relatively low probabilities to enactment in 2026, with recent readings near 19 percent on one major platform and a separate research estimate at 10 percent.

Context for Industry Engagement

The White House meeting occurs as the administration continues direct engagement with digital asset firms. Several companies represented have maintained active roles in discussions over market structure and related regulatory frameworks. The CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee session the following day is expected to continue the policy dialogue with a wider group of participants from crypto, prediction markets and artificial intelligence sectors.

Neither the White House nor the regulatory agencies had published detailed agendas at the time of the latest reports. The discussions are expected to address remaining barriers to clearer federal rules for digital asset markets.