President Donald Trump is set to join the administration’s newly created innovation panel a group made up of crypto executives and leaders from prediction markets and AI firms for a White House briefing on Wednesday, according to people familiar with the plans.
The roster includes top figures in digital assets and fintech, showing how crypto and modern finance shape policy. These leaders have a track record of introducing products, growing networks, and navigating rules, helping explain how proposed rules affect everyday users and big institutions. They may bridge technical realities with regulatory aims, speeding up turning high-level goals into real standards. Many have hands-on experience with risk management, compliance, and consumer protection at scale, which can guide talks on protecting investors, keeping markets fair, and stopping misuse. The focus may include letting innovation run with strong supervision, finding ways for responsible experimentation while keeping orderly markets. Topics could cover real-time data feeds and clear settlement to boost market transparency, or interoperable frameworks to reduce friction for developers of compliant crypto services. Bringing these voices together aims to align regulators and industry on timelines, share best practices, and spot where guided help could boost investment and jobs in tech hubs. The group is likely to discuss consumer education, platform safety, and risk boundaries to ensure innovation stays within safeguards. As talks continue, attendees may push for practical steps—pilot programs, sunset rules for experiments, or clear success criteria—that turn policy goals into real-world results.
The meeting, expected to be held at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next door to the White House, is meant to get a policy dialogue started in some of the leading arenas for U.S. innovation. The roster at that meeting was also expected to include CFTC Chairman Mike Selig and other advisers, the people said. One of them added that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick may attend.
White House spokespeople didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment on the plans.
In the industry arena, top crypto executives will be accompanied by executives from established financial firms. The committee features heads from CME Group, Nasdaq, and Intercontinental Exchange, among numerous others. Frank La Sala le, the chief of the DTCC, is also included as a member.
The Thursday afternoon briefing at the CFTC will explore the group’s innovation roadmap. The kickoff session is titled, Crypto’s Regulatory Evolution: From Uncertainty to Clarity. Among the proposed topics is outlined as the remaining obstacles to a lasting federal market framework.
The White House and Trump have been stuck in the heated struggle to push the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act toward final Senate votes. Additional steps may hinge on the president’s willingness to agree to stricter ethics limits on his personal ties to the cryptocurrency sector.
