Sign up now for <\/strong>CryptoCodex<\/strong><\/a>\u2014A free crypto newsletter that will get you ahead of the market<\/strong><\/p>\n The bitcoin price has just about managed to keep its head above water even after crashing by around 50% since October last year, with the bitcoin price trading sideways at around $60,000 for the last six months.<\/p>\n Now, as BlackRock reveals it\u2019s just seen something shift<\/a>, Trump is expected to attend a major bitcoin and crypto company meeting at the White House this coming week, according to various reports.<\/p>\n Sign up now for the free <\/strong>CryptoCodex<\/strong><\/a>\u2014A daily five-minute newsletter for traders, investors and the crypto-curious that will get you up to date and keep you ahead of the bitcoin price and crypto market swings<\/strong><\/p>\n ForbesThe Fed\u2019s Bitcoin Nightmare Is Suddenly Coming TrueBy Billy Bambrough<\/a> U.S. president Donald Trump is expected to attend a major bitcoin and crypto company meeting this week, according to reports citing anonymous sources.<\/p>\n Getty Images<\/p>\n The meeting is due to bring together bitcoin and crypto company executives from the likes of Coinbase, Ripple, Gemini, Robinhood, Polymarket and Kalshi with top regulators Michael Selig, chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and Paul Atkins, the chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission. <\/p>\n U.S. Treasury secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce secretary Howard Lutnick may also attend, according to a Coindesk report<\/a>, citing anonymous sources. <\/p>\n The meeting was first reported<\/a> by Politico, citing anonymous sources, with Bloomberg sources adding<\/a> that Trump is expected to attend.<\/p>\n The Wednesday White House meeting will take place just before Thursday\u2019s Commodity Futures Trading Commission\u2019s (CFTC\u2019s) meeting of its Innovation Advisory Committee, a panel made up of executives from top crypto, finance and prediction market companies.<\/p>\n After the long-awaited crypto market structure bill known as the Clarity Act failed to get a Senate vote before the August recess, U.S. Senate majority leader John Thune scheduled a key procedural vote for the bill in mid-September, potentially paving the way for a full floor vote \u200bon the bill.<\/p>\n 08\/16 update: The crypto industry has dramatically cut its expectations that the the crypto market structure bill known as the Clarity Act will be passed into law this year, called the bitcoin price\u2019s \u201cultimate catalyst\u201d by analysts earlier this year. <\/p>\n \u201cClarity Act passage remains a possibility, but we are firmly in \u2018circus trick\u2019 territory\u2013if it is to pass in 2026, we need magic,\u201d Alex Thorn, Galaxy Digital\u2019s head of research, wrote in an X post, adding he has lowered the \u201codds of Clarity Act passage in 2026 to 10%.\u201d<\/p>\n However, developments from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)\u2014including the highly anticipated regulation exemptions known as “Reg Crypto,” and the so-called “innovation \u2060exemption” \u200bthat\u2019s expected to allow companies to experiment \u200bwith new crypto business models, such as blockchain-based stocks, without having to comply with all SEC disclosure and \u200binvestor safeguards\u2014are poised to shake up the market.<\/p>\n \u201cRegardless of the Clarity Act\u2019s momentum or outcome, though, we now expect the Commission to publish the texts of Reg Crypto, the Innovation Exemption, or both over the next several weeks or couple months, another reminder that the crypto industry is poised for exciting times and a positive regulatory environment ahead even without Clarity,” Thorn wrote.<\/p>\n Others, including some from the world of traditional finance, remain more upbeat about the chances of passing the bill.<\/p>\n Citigroup chief executive Jane Fraser, who has cultivated<\/a> a close relationship with the Trump White House, has said she would like to see the Clarity Act passed into law, though she remains concerned about the bill\u2019s treatment of stablecoin rewards and its potential to undermine bank deposits.<\/p>\n “We have not given up on pushing to get some improvements made to the bill, but we would like to see a good bill go through,” Fraser told<\/a> Fox Business. “I think it would be excellent for the system.”<\/p>\n![\"Donald](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786893203_943_0x0.jpg\")
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