Badlands Media Special Coverage: 8/19/26 - Trump Hosts Crypto and Finance Leaders at White House

Trump gathers a genuine who's who of finance, crypto, and tech ahead of the CFTC's first Innovation Advisory Committee meeting, and the room reads like a highlight reel: Coinbase, Robinhood, Kraken, Ripple, Nasdaq, the New York Stock Exchange, and the Winklevoss twins all in one place. Expect a victory lap on firing Gary Gensler, launching the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, and signing the Genius Act, plus a full court press for the upcoming Clarity Act vote from CFTC and SEC chairs alike. Between industry testimonials on tokenization and stablecoins, Trump veers into interest rates, AI data centers, and a genuinely spicy comparison of America's borrowing costs to Switzerland's. The Q&A afterward wanders even further, touching Canada tariffs, North Korea, term limits, and Iran sanctions, because apparently no roundtable stays on topic for long around here. It's a packed room, a packed agenda, and a whole lot of enthusiasm about America's crypto future.