US President Donald Trump’s White Home Crypto Summit is taking form. Scheduled for this Friday, March 7, the attendee listing, nonetheless, stays unexpectedly unique and comparatively small, with solely roughly 20 to 25 invitees reportedly collaborating. In line with newly shared data by FOX Enterprise journalist Eleanor Terrett, particulars are nonetheless in flux, however a number of high-profile trade individuals have confirmed their attendance.
Right here’s Who Attentending Trump’s Crypto Summit
She attributed this to the roundtable format and the participation of the Presidential Working Group on Digital Belongings, which reportedly contains Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Lawyer Normal Pam Bondi, the SEC Chair, and the CFTC Chair, Crypto Czar David Sacks and Bo Hines, Govt Director of the President’s Council of Advisers on Digital Belongings of the White Home.
“A bigger, invite-only reception is being deliberate throughout the road from the White Home for these not invited to the roundtable assembly,” she added. Terrett additionally supplied a sequence of updates, confirming a number of attendees.
Amongst them are Michael Saylor, Bitcoin Inc CEO David Bailey, Paradigm founder Matt Huang, Exodus CEO JP Richardson, Multicoin Capital co-founder Kyle Samani, and Zach Witkoff of World Liberty Finance. Further confirmations embody Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev, and Kraken CEO Arjun Sethi.
Terrett additionally famous: “Slightly extra element right here — invitations had been despatched to attendees by way of e-mail this afternoon. Per the e-mail, the occasion is scheduled to go from 1:30PM – 5:30PM. No additional particulars within the missive past time and placement.”
A number of of the confirmed attendees have already spoken publicly in regards to the summit. Michael Saylor posted on X: “I’ve been invited to the Digital Belongings Summit on the White Home this Friday, hosted by the President.”
Multicoin’s Kyle Samani wrote: “I’ll be attending The Digital Belongings Summit on Friday, March seventh on the White Home. I sit up for collaborating with trade friends, the Trump administration, and elected officers to make sure crypto thrives in America. Thanks to President Trump for this excellent alternative!”
Paradigm founder Matt Huang expressed enthusiasm: “I’ll be attending the White Home Digital Asset Summit on Friday. Thanks to President Trump for the invitation. I sit up for discussing how America can take a management position in selling the rules of open crypto and enabling builders in ecosystems akin to Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana.”
Notably absent from the listing of confirmed attendees is Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse. Earlier within the week, Garlinghouse wrote on X: “I’ve mentioned this earlier than – the crypto trade will obtain our targets (and past), IF WE WORK TOGETHER. Recognize the crypto President Donald Trump’s imaginative and prescient of a govt digital asset reserve consultant of the trade. […] I’ll actually proceed to champion this whereas in Washington on the finish of this week.”
Thus far, nonetheless, Garlinghouse has not confirmed whether or not he obtained an invite to Friday’s summit. Equally, no affirmation has emerged concerning representatives from the Solana or Cardano ecosystems, regardless of President Trump’s latest Fact Social announcement of building a crypto strategic reserve holding 5 cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin, Ether, XRP, Solana, and Cardano. Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson and Solana Labs CEO Anatoly Yakovenko have additionally remained silent on any attendance.
At press time, Bitcoin traded at $87,033.
