Reports list President Donald Trump among expected participants in a Wednesday White House meeting with senior regulators and crypto executives. Washington is weighing unresolved rules for digital assets and prediction markets. Reports place the 2:30 p.m. meeting at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building beside the White House. CFTC Chair Michael Selig and SEC Chair Paul Atkins also appear on the expected attendee list.
The gathering comes one day before the CFTC holds the first meeting of its Innovation Advisory Committee. The sequence puts crypto market structure and prediction-market jurisdiction before federal officials within 24 hours.
Reported invitees include representatives from Coinbase, Ripple, Chainlink, a16z, Kalshi, Paradigm and The Digital Chamber. The White House has not published a complete attendee list.
Crypto executives enter the meeting while Congress remains divided over the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act. The legislation could change how the SEC and CFTC divide authority over digital assets.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune filed cloture on a motion to proceed before the August recess. The Senate schedule says the motion can ripen at 2:15 p.m. on September 15. Sixty votes would allow consideration to advance, but that vote would not pass the bill.
Thursday’s CFTC meeting will run from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and cover crypto regulation, artificial intelligence, and prediction markets. The crypto session will review regulatory development, overlapping jurisdictions, and remaining market-structure work.
Prediction markets will bring a separate federal-state dispute into the discussion. The agenda lists state litigation, enforcement actions, and jurisdiction over event contracts among the topics. The CFTC says federally regulated derivatives exchanges fall under its authority when they list permitted event contracts. Several states and local authorities challenge some offerings, especially sports-related contracts they view as gambling.
Which authority will ultimately control event contracts when federal derivatives rules conflict with state gambling restrictions? The dispute affects companies including Kalshi and Polymarket. Their chief executives, Tarek Mansour and Shayne Coplan, sit on the CFTC advisory panel.
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The committee also includes Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek and Gemini CEO Tyler Winklevoss. Traditional finance firms also hold seats. Members come from Nasdaq, CME Group, Cboe Global Markets, Intercontinental Exchange, DTCC and the London Stock Exchange Group. The panel advises the CFTC but does not make laws or issue regulations.
Artificial intelligence will form the second part of Thursday’s agenda. Regulators plan to examine AI use in trading, compliance, surveillance and risk management. The committee will also discuss autonomous agents that can execute transactions and manage portfolios. The CFTC plans to consider whether current financial rules can handle those systems or require added guidance.
Selig launched the Innovation Advisory Committee in January as the successor to the Technology Advisory Committee. Its inaugural August 20 meeting brings crypto, derivatives, venture capital and financial infrastructure executives into the advisory process.
The White House meeting and CFTC session place crypto regulation, prediction markets and artificial intelligence on Washington’s immediate policy agenda. At the same time, the Senate’s September vote could determine whether lawmakers move closer to defining how the SEC and CFTC divide authority over digital assets.