President Trump regaled a group of high-rollers visiting Mar-a-Lago about all his administration was doing for the cryptocurrency industry. Then he turned to all the crypto money he is making as president.

Instead, Trump began yesterday’s meeting, formally known as the White House Digital Assets Summit, by bringing out a soccer trophy.

The first five currencies that will be included in a U.S. strategic crypto reserve are Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Solana, and Cardano.

(Reuters) -Cryptocurrency industry elite are set to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday to discuss how the government will enact Trump's vision of making the country the "crypto capital of the world.

A simmering tension in the crypto industry resurfaced after President Donald Trump signed a long-awaited order creating a strategic Bitcoin reserve and an additional stockpile of other digital assets.

Friday’s meeting, starting at 1:30 p.m. ET, will bring together a tight-knit circle of crypto elite, including Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and billionaire tech entrepreneur/bit

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse stands to benefit from the inclusion of the XRP token in a U.S. digital-asset stockpile.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday hosts top cryptocurrency players at the White House, a political boost for an industry that has struggled to gain legitimacy -- and where the Republican president faces conflict of interest concerns.