Trump’s Crypto Summit: Who’s In, Who’s Snubbed, And Why It Matters

US President Donald Trump’s White House Crypto Summit is taking shape. Scheduled for this Friday, March 7, the attendee list, however, remains unexpectedly exclusive and relatively small, with only roughly 20 to 25 invitees reportedly taking part. According to newly shared information by FOX Business journalist Eleanor Terrett, details are still in flux, but several high-profile industry participants have confirmed their attendance.

Here’s Who Attentending Trump’s Crypto Summit

She attributed this to the roundtable format and the participation of the Presidential Working Group on Digital Assets, which reportedly includes Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Attorney General Pam Bondi, the SEC Chair, and the CFTC Chair, Crypto Czar David Sacks and Bo Hines, Executive Director of the President’s Council of Advisers on Digital Assets of the White House.

“A larger, invite-only reception is being planned across the street from the White House for those not invited to the roundtable meeting,” she added. Terrett also provided a series of updates, confirming multiple attendees.

Among them are Michael Saylor, Bitcoin Inc CEO David Bailey, Paradigm founder Matt Huang, Exodus CEO JP Richardson, Multicoin Capital co-founder Kyle Samani, and Zach Witkoff of World Liberty Finance. Additional confirmations include Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev, and Kraken CEO Arjun Sethi.

Terrett also noted: “A little more detail here — invites were sent to attendees via email this afternoon. Per the email, the event is scheduled to go from 1:30PM – 5:30PM. No further details in the missive beyond time and location.”

Several of the confirmed attendees have already spoken publicly about the summit. Michael Saylor posted on X: “I have been invited to the Digital Assets Summit at the White House this Friday, hosted by the President.”

Multicoin’s Kyle Samani wrote: “I’ll be attending The Digital Assets Summit on Friday, March 7th at the White House. I look forward to collaborating with industry peers, the Trump administration, and elected officials to ensure crypto thrives in America. Thank you to President Trump for this wonderful opportunity!”

Paradigm founder Matt Huang expressed enthusiasm: “I’ll be attending the White House Digital Asset Summit on Friday. Thank you to President Trump for the invitation. I look forward to discussing how America can take a leadership role in promoting the principles of open crypto and enabling builders in ecosystems such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana.”

Notably absent from the list of confirmed attendees is Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse. Earlier in the week, Garlinghouse wrote on X: “I’ve said this before – the crypto industry will achieve our goals (and beyond), IF WE WORK TOGETHER. Appreciate the crypto President Donald Trump’s vision of a govt digital asset reserve representative of the industry. […] I will certainly continue to champion this while in Washington at the end of this week.”

So far, however, Garlinghouse has not confirmed whether he received an invitation to Friday’s summit. Similarly, no confirmation has emerged regarding representatives from the Solana or Cardano ecosystems, despite President Trump’s recent Truth Social announcement of establishing a crypto strategic reserve holding five cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin, Ether, XRP, Solana, and Cardano. Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson and Solana Labs CEO Anatoly Yakovenko have also remained silent on any attendance.

At press time, Bitcoin traded at $87,033.