As US President Donald Trump prepares to host the first White House Crypto Summit on March 7, the industry is watching closely to see who will be invited.
The roundtable, scheduled from 6:30 pm to 10:30 pm UTC, is expected to include more than 25 participants, including members of the Presidential Working Group on Digital Assets, according to Fox Business reporter Eleanor Terrett.
As of Wednesday morning, Terrett reported that 11 crypto executives and two White House representatives had confirmed their attendance.
“Unclear as of now who aside from Bo Hines and David Sacks will be in attendance, but if you go back to Trump’s executive order, the presidential working group also includes Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Attorney General Pam Bondi, the SEC chair, the CFTC chair and others,” Terrett wrote.
The list of confirmed crypto executives so far
The list of crypto executives and government attendees confirmed so far includes the following:
While Terrett’s list didn’t include Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, he previously hinted at his attendance in a March 2 post on X soon after Trump’s crypto czar Sacks announced the summit on March 1.
“I will certainly continue to champion this while in Washington at the end of this week,” Garlinghouse wrote.
According to Terret, Trump’s invites were emailed to attendees on March 4 afternoon, implying that Garlinghouse was among the first executives to receive the invitation beforehand.
Source: Eleanor Terrett
A larger event is planned for those not invited
“A larger, invite-only reception is being planned across the street from the White House for those not invited to the roundtable meeting,” Terrett said, adding that the plans are not fully finalized and things could change.
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As speculation around the summit continues, the crypto community has called for the inclusion of other key industry figures, including ARK Invest founder Cathie Wood, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, Circle co-founder Jeremy Allaire, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson and Solana founder Anatoly Yakovenko.
Lutnick hints at a potential US Bitcoin reserve
The summit comes as anticipation builds over the Trump administration’s stance on a potential US cryptocurrency reserve.
Trump’s Commerce Secretary, Howard Lutnick, has hinted that Bitcoin (BTC) may receive special consideration under the administration’s crypto policy.
Source: The Pavlovic Today
“The President definitely thinks that there’s a Bitcoin strategic reserve,” Lutnick said, according to a March 5 report by The Pavlovic Today.
“Now there will be the question of, how do we handle the other cryptocurrencies? And I think the model is going to be announced on Friday when we do that,” Lutnick reportedly noted.
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