White House Hosts Coinbase, Ripple and Kraken Executives Tonight

According to Arzdigital, US President Donald Trump is hosting senior executives from Coinbase, Ripple, Kraken, Chainlink and several other major crypto firms on the evening of Wednesday, August 19, 2026 (28 Mordad 1405) at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building within the White House complex. Official details of the meeting's outcome are expected after 2:30 pm Eastern time (about 10:00 pm Tehran time). The meeting comes as the CLARITY Act, which would define regulatory jurisdiction between the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) over digital assets, remains stalled in the US Senate. Polymarket data shows the probability of the bill passing by the end of 2026 has fallen to about 20 percent, while Congress remains on its August recess and a key procedural vote is not expected until mid September.

The meeting precedes the first session of the CFTC's Innovation Advisory Committee on Thursday, August 20, from 1 pm to 5 pm Eastern time, a 35 member panel that includes Coinbase, Ripple, Chainlink, Kalshi, CME Group and Intercontinental Exchange, with its main agenda titled Crypto Regulatory Transformation: From Ambiguity to Clarity.