Trump, CFTC Chair Selig expected at Wednesday White House meeting with crypto and prediction market executives
The session is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday and is intended as a kickoff for the CFTC's first Innovation Advisory Committee meeting the next day.
A White House meeting is scheduled for Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. ET, with President Donald Trump and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Mike Selig expected to attend. The meeting will bring together executives from crypto companies, including Coinbase, Ripple, Gemini, Robinhood, Polymarket, and Kalshi, as well as leaders from traditional financial institutions such as CME Group, Nasdaq, and Intercontinental Exchange.
The meeting is intended to kick off the CFTC's first Innovation Advisory Committee meeting, which will take place on Thursday. According to CoinDesk, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo may also attend.
The gathering aims to initiate a policy dialogue in areas of US innovation. The meeting will be held at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next to the White House.
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