Key Industry and Government Figures Attend Release of US Virtual Asset Report

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Suehyeon Lee

Summary

  • Many senior government officials and industry leaders attended a US White House event for the official release of a virtual asset report.
  • Key officials from the SEC, CFTC, and Treasury Department attended alongside policy representatives from major virtual asset companies such as Coinbase and Ripple.
  • Regulators such as SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce were present at the scene, but no CEO-level executives attended.
Photo=Eleanor Terrett X(X)
Photo=Eleanor Terrett X(X)

The US White House has officially released its report on virtual assets (cryptocurrencies), with the event drawing a large attendance of senior government officials and industry leaders.

On the 31st (local time), Eleanor Terrett, host of Crypto in America, announced on X that "at the White House virtual asset report release event, attendees included David Sachs, Head of Virtual Asset and AI Policy; Bo Hines, Chairman of the Digital Asset Advisory Board; Paul Atkins, Chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); Caroline Pham, Acting Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); and Scott Bessent, Treasury Secretary."

In addition, leaders from major virtual asset associations such as Blockchain Association, as well as policy representatives from key companies like Coinbase, Ripple, Anchorage, Kraken, and Chainlink, were also reported to have attended. However, CEO-level executives were not present. Some members of the SEC were also on-site, and notably, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, known as 'Crypto Mom', was also in attendance.

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