White House Crypto Summit

According to the White House invitation email, the summit will run from March 7th at 1:30 PM to 5:30 PM (+8 hours March 8th, Saturday from 2:30 AM to 6:30 AM).

Participants mainly include:

Government Officials

Donald Trump (President of the United States)

David Sachs (White House Special Advisor on AI and Cryptocurrency)

Bo Hines (Executive Director of the President's Digital Asset Working Group)

Scott Bensette (Secretary of the Treasury), Howard Lutnick (Secretary of Commerce), Pam Bondi (Attorney General), etc.

Leaders in the Crypto Industry

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong

Chainlink Co-Founder Sergey Nazarov

Exodus CEO J.P. Richardson

MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev, etc.

Other Key Participants

Representatives from the world's top ten sovereign wealth funds (such as the Norwegian Government Pension Fund, China Investment Corporation)

Executives from asset management giants Blackstone, Bridgewater, and Schroders (planning to form a crypto ETF consortium)

Zach Witkoff, Co-Founder of World Liberty Financial, a DeFi project of the Trump family.

Core Issues of the Summit:

Regulatory Framework: Promoting clarity in cryptocurrency regulation, balancing innovation and risk.

Stablecoins and Bitcoin Reserves: Discussing the regulation of stablecoins and the possibility of including Bitcoin and others in national strategic reserves.

Industry Collaboration: The integration of traditional finance and the cryptocurrency market, attracting more institutional capital.

This summit is seen as an important milestone for the Trump administration's support of the cryptocurrency industry, but the market remains cautious about the effectiveness of policy implementation.