Trump Announces White House Crypto Summit with Top Industry CEOs

• The White House has announced an upcoming crypto summit with prominent founders, CEOs, and investors expected to attend.
• Prior to the announcement, the new US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) leadership disclosed that it had dismissed its civil enforcement action against Coinbase. 

The Whitehouse is set to host its first-ever Crypto Summit, which will be attended by several industry professionals. According to the  details , the summit will occur on March 7 and be chaired by Crypto Czar David Sacks.

While this underscores US President Donald Trump’s effort to make the country the „crypto capital of the world,“ it also marks a crucial step towards creating a relevant regulatory framework to guide its operation.

Prior to this, the US Senate Banking Committee, led by Republican Senator Tim Scott, unveiled the first-ever crypto-focused subcommittee. As  indicated in our earlier blog post, Senator Cynthia Lummis was appointed to chair the subcommittee. According to Scott, his colleagues in the House would effectively collaborate with Trump to introduce a “commonsense” regulatory framework to facilitate innovation in the financial ecosystem.

As we reported on January 24, Scott believes that Lummis has been involved in most crypto legislation since her first day in the House. Henceforth, she could have a massive impact on the industry’s overall growth.

Since day one, Senator Lummis has been a leader on digital assets legislation, and I am proud to have her spearhead the Banking Committee’s efforts through our new Subcommittee on Digital Assets.

Amidst the backdrop of this, Trump has introduced multiple interventions that focus on the emerging industry including the signing of an executive order to create a crypto working group tasked to propose a new crypto regulation. Based on reports, the Working Group was reported to be made up of the attorney general, chairs of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the Treasury Secretary, and other agency heads.

According to reports, the banking sector was encouraged to actively engage with crypto services while the creation of the Central Bank Digital Currency was banned. In addition, multiple legal actions against the industry are expected to be withdrawn to reaffirm the present administration’s commitment.

SEC Ends Litigation with Coinbase

Days ago, the SEC disclosed that it had filed a joint stipulation with Coinbase Inc. and Coinbase Global Inc. to dismiss the civil enforcement action against them. Prior to that, it had suspended the case against Binance for 60 days, as featured in our recent coverage.

The acting chairman of the SEC, Mark T. Uyeda, explained these moves by revealing that the Commission is changing its enforcement approach to introduce a more transparent crypto policy.

For the last several years, the Commission’s views on crypto have been largely expressed through enforcement actions without engaging the general public. It’s time for the Commission to rectify its approach and develop a crypto policy more transparently. The Crypto Task Force is designed to do just that.