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>>191014White House Press Pool Reports @WHPressPool - In-town pool report #11: Event attendees
On background from a White House official regarding guests at the crypto event:
Today’s attendees and speakers included:
Brian Armstrong, Co-Founder & CEO, Coinbase
Jeffrey Sprecher, Founder, Chair & CEO, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)
Vlad Tenev, Chairman, CEO & President, Robinhood
Adena Friedman, Chair & CEO, Nasdaq
Mike Belshe, Co-Founder, CEO, CTO & President, BitGo
Brad Garlinghouse, CEO, Ripple
Sergey Nazarov, Co-Founder, Chainlink Labs
Arjun Sethi, Co-CEO, Payward (Kraken)
Alana Palmedo, Managing Partner, Paradigm
Peter Smith, Co-Founder, CEO & Executive Chairman,
https://www.blockchain.com/Tyler Winklevoss, Co-Founder & CEO, Gemini
Cameron Winklevoss, Co-Founder & President, Gemini
Chris Dixon, A16z
Nik Popli
TIME
Wed. Aug. 19, 4:17 PM
https://x.com/WHPressPool/status/2090172866679521552White House Press Pool Reports @WHPressPool - In-town pool report #10: Trump quotes on North Korea, Iran, crypto, more
The pool was ushered out of the Roosevelt Room at 3:43pm. The President took a handful of questions after he and several crypto and financial executives delivered prepared remarks. Apologies for the delay as there was no service inside.
Your pooler spotted the following executives in the room, some of whom spoke. Notably, prediction market leaders did not appear present, contrary to previous reports. The White House has not sent an official list of attendees, so please check with the press office for the full list as this is not exhaustive.
- Brian Armstrong of Coinbase
- Vlad Tenev of Robinhood
- Brad Garlinghouse of Ripple
- Arjun Sethi of Payward/Kraken
- Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss of Gemini
- Sergey Nazarov of Chainlink
- Chris Dixon of a16z
- Peter Smith of Blockchain .com
- Mike Belshe of BitGo
- Jeff Sprecher of Intercontinental Exchange
- Adena Friedman of Nasdaq
In his remarks, Trump said: "We're ensuring that America remains the undisputed leader not only in Bitcoin and crypto, but also technologies like prediction markets."
"One year ago this summer, I signed landmark legislation known as The Genius Act. I named it after myself."
Asked if the Administration has any plans to accumulate sizable amounts of bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies, Trump replied: "Certainly, it's been talked about."
He says the CFTC is working to bring Hyperliquid to the US.
On the Straight of Hormuz: "Right now, the strait is open. A lot of boats are coming through. People aren't reporting that."
Asked what else could be sanctioned on Iran, Trump said: "Well, we have things that we could sanction. We have a very draconian sanctions and we'll see what happens right now. The strait is open. We a lot of boats are coming through. People aren't reporting that. That may slow down…"
"It'll either be extremely good and oil prices are going to drop like a rock or we’ll continue to do exactly what we're doing…I think the Hormuz Strait is not going to be quite as important as it was in the past."
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