The White House will meet with top crypto industry leaders on August 19 to discuss the Clarity Act, according to people familiar with the agenda. The meeting follows months of deadlock over which agency should oversee different asset classes and trading venues.
The Clarity Act, introduced in Congress earlier this year, proposes to assign primary jurisdiction over crypto markets to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission rather than the Securities and Exchange Commission. The CFTC and SEC have sparred over jurisdiction since 2017, with the SEC treating most tokens as securities under existing law and the CFTC claiming authority over spot and derivatives markets.
Attendees are expected to include executives from major crypto platforms and trading firms, though the full attendee list remained unsettled as of Friday. The administration has not disclosed specific outcomes or negotiating positions ahead of the meeting.
Crypto industry groups have pushed for the Clarity Act as a path to uniform federal standards. Congress has proposed multiple frameworks to resolve the conflict, and the Clarity Act emerged as one of the more detailed attempts to draw agency boundaries.
The meeting comes as crypto policy has become a fixture in 2026 election discourse. Both major party platforms have addressed digital asset regulation, though neither has endorsed a single legislative approach. Industry groups have ramped up lobbying spending to influence the outcome.
The August 19 date gives the crypto sector a formal channel to present its case to White House officials who advise on economic and regulatory policy. Congress has attempted at least four regulatory bills since 2021 without passage, with underlying jurisdictional disputes between the two agencies remaining unresolved in each case.
The document to watch is whether the White House issues a formal position statement on the Clarity Act or agency jurisdiction within two weeks of the August 19 meeting.
