{
  "id": 2036332,
  "title": "Trump urges Congress to pass the Clarity Act at a White House event with execs including the CEOs of Coinbase and Robinhood; the bill has stalled in the Senate (Bloomberg)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/trump-urges-congress-to-pass-the-clarity-act-at-a-white-house-event",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-19T23:05:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-19/trump-asks-congress-to-pass-crypto-bill-alongside-executives?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4NzE2OTg4NCwiZXhwIjoxNzg3Nzc0Njg0LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUSzBRM0ZLSVAzSUIwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJDRENENkQ0RUYzMjA0NDk2OEY3QThGRTQ1ODQyODQ5RSJ9.Owznlx4fwiT9YTEn32XWA9Q3CiSHDLDuNFkuz0lBsF4"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "President Donald Trump urged Congress to pass the Clarity Act at a White House event. The bill, which concerns digital asset market structure, is a priority for the industry. According to Bloomberg, executives including the CEOs of Coinbase and Robinhood attended the event.\n\nThe Clarity Act has stalled in the Senate. No further details on the bill's status or its contents were provided in the reports.\n\nThere was no additional information on the Clarity Act or Trump's comments on it beyond what Bloomberg reported. Other news from the White House included Trump showcasing a new helicopter landing pad, but this was not related to the Clarity Act or the event with industry executives.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}