Coinbase, Chainlink, Strategy Among Companies Attending Trump-Hosted Crypto Summit
The summit is expected to be hosted by US President Donald Trump.
Jesse Hamilton, Cheyenne Ligon, Christine Lee, Nikhilesh De | Edited by Aoyon Ashraf Updated Mar 6, 2025 15:20 UTC Published Mar 4, 2025 22:46 UTC
Key points:
- Cryptocurrency executives including Coinbase, Chainlink and Exodus will attend the first crypto summit at the White House under US President Donald Trump.
- It is unclear how many crypto industry representatives will be at the event and what exactly will be discussed.
- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently dropped a lawsuit against Coinbase and Robinhood, which made seven-figure donations to President Trump's inaugural committee.
US President Donald Trump's first crypto summit at the White House on Friday will feature top representatives from a number of crypto companies, including Coinbase, Chainlink and Exodus.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, Chainlink Labs co-founder Sergey Nazarov, Exodus CEO JP Richardson and Strategy Chairman Michael Saylor have confirmed their attendance at the event, which is also expected to feature “significant sponsors,” according to two sources who asked not to be named.
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev also hinted at his attendance, posting a photo from the film National Treasure on X (formerly Twitter) with the caption “see you soon, DC.” Cameron and Tyler Winkelvoss, co-founders of cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, will also be among those attending.
Trump himself, who has said he will host the summit, David Sachs, Trump's head of cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence, and Bo Hines, executive director of the president's digital asset task force, will represent the White House.
It is unknown how many crypto industry representatives will attend the event and what might be included in the agenda.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently concluded a lengthy investigation into Robinhood Crypto and dropped a lawsuit against Coinbase. Both companies made large donations to President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee — Coinbase donated $1 million and Robinhood donated $2 million. Other crypto companies like Ripple and Circle are also believed to have contributed significant funds to the crypto summit.
A Ripple spokesperson referred CoinDesk to the White House when asked if any Ripple executives would be attending Friday's summit. Circle representatives did not respond to a request for comment.
