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Trump Meets with Crypto Leaders at White House, Encourages Congress to Pass Clarity Act

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Newest development Aug 20, 2026 · 2 reportsTrump Meets with Crypto Leaders at White House, Encourages Congress to Pass Clarity Act

President Donald Trump is pushing Congress to advance a major cryptocurrency bill after welcoming some of the industry’s top leaders to the White House on Wednesday.

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  1. Trump calls for Congress to pass crypto bill at White House event

    Headline from Union Leader ·

  2. Newest

    Trump Meets with Crypto Leaders at White House, Encourages Congress to Pass Clarity Act

    Headline from WZMQ Marquette ·

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Reports & sources

10 articles, oldest first.

  1. Semafor

    White House prepares to host crypto and prediction market execs (opens Semafor)

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    Semafor's feed description

    Attendees will include executives from Coinbase, a16z, Ripple, and Chainlink, plus Kalshi and Paradigm, as well as trade association Digital Chamber, according to people familiar with the plans.

  2. Investor's Business Daily

    Trump Pushes For More Crypto Clarity, White House To Host Meeting With Industry Leaders (opens Investor's Business Daily)

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    Investor's Business Daily's feed description

    President Trump may attend a White House meeting of crypto, prediction market leaders in lieu of Clarity Act. CFTC event scheduled.

  3. Mother Jones

    Trump’s White House Business Shindig Will Be a Cesspool of Financial Conflicts (opens Mother Jones)

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    Mother Jones's feed description

    Donald Trump will welcome the leaders of major cryptocurrency and prediction-market companies to the White House on Wednesday to discuss how they should be regulated—a potential make-or-break moment for nascent industries that have struggled to establish themselves as credible and legal.

  4. Semafor

    White House mix-up delayed SEC crypto rule (opens Semafor)

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    Semafor's feed description

    Meanwhile, President Donald Trump will host crypto executives at the White House on Wednesday.

  5. Union Leader

    Trump calls for Congress to pass crypto bill at White House event (opens Union Leader)

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    Union Leader's feed description

    President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on Congress to pass a bill that would bring clearer definitions to the growing cryptocurrency sector, a top priority for industry executives who had gathered for an event at the White House with the…

  6. Sludge

    Trump Convenes White House Crypto Meeting With His Own Business Partners (opens Sludge)

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    Sludge's feed description

    Many of the companies at today’s White House meeting are in business with the president's or his son's crypto ventures, and have donated millions to Trump’s political committees.

  7. ABC News

    WATCH: Trump hosts cryptocurrency executives at White House (opens ABC News)

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    ABC News's feed description

    President Donald Trump, who has made hundreds of millions of dollars in crypto, met at the White House with what he called a "who's who” of cryptocurrency leaders.

  8. FOX Business

    Trump crypto meeting signals US 'not going to slow down' in bid for digital asset dominance, expert says (opens FOX Business)

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    FOX Business's feed description

    Trump hosted crypto industry leaders at the White House to discuss the CLARITY Act with hopes to sign the digital assets bill into law by September.

  9. WZMQ Marquette

    Trump Meets with Crypto Leaders at White House, Encourages Congress to Pass Clarity Act (opens WZMQ Marquette)

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    WZMQ Marquette's feed description

    President Donald Trump is pushing Congress to advance a major cryptocurrency bill after welcoming some of the industry’s top leaders to the White House on Wednesday.

  10. End Time Headlines

    Trump and top financial regulators hosted key figures in cryptocurrency and digital assets industries at White House (opens End Time Headlines)

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    End Time Headlines's feed description

    President Donald Trump and senior financial regulators convened leading figures from the cryptocurrency and digital assets industries at the White House on Wednesday, underscoring an aggressive push to solidify American leadership in the sector.

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