Trump Says CFTC Working to Bring Hyperliquid In. No Official Readout.
White House press pool: Trump said CFTC is working to bring Hyperliquid to the US. Bitcoin accumulation has been talked about. No official readout. Skip the HYPE price.
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Aug 20, 2026 · 1mo ago
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President Donald Trump said the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is working to bring Hyperliquid into the United States. TIME’s Nik Popli filed that from the Roosevelt Room pool after Wednesday’s White House meeting. CoinGape quotes him: “I understand Mike is also working to bring Hyperliquid into the United States in a fully compliant and legal fashion,” a reference to CFTC Chair Michael Selig. This is a meeting comment. It is not a CFTC order.
The White House has not published an official readout or a full attendee list. Popli wrote that the list below is not exhaustive and that prediction-market leaders did not appear present, contrary to earlier reports.
What he said in the room
Asked whether the administration plans to accumulate sizable amounts of Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies, Trump said, “Certainly, it’s been talked about.” That is talk. It is not a purchase programme. No figure, timetable, or buying agency is on the pool report.
WJLA, citing The National News Desk, has him welcoming the room “ahead of the first-ever meeting of the CFTC’s Innovation Advisory Committee” and saying the United States is “leading in every aspect, including AI, and we’re leading by a lot.” Coindoo quotes him saying the administration had ended the “war on crypto once and for all,” then asking Congress for “a fair version” of the CLARITY Act.
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What it is not
CFTC working to bring Hyperliquid in, “fully compliant and legal”
Popli spotted Coinbase’s Brian Armstrong, Robinhood’s Vlad Tenev, Ripple’s Brad Garlinghouse, Kraken’s Arjun Sethi, Gemini’s Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Chainlink’s Sergey Nazarov, a16z’s Chris Dixon, Blockchain.com’s Peter Smith, BitGo’s Mike Belshe, Intercontinental Exchange’s Jeff Sprecher and Nasdaq’s Adena Friedman. SEC Chair Paul Atkins and Selig were in the room, WJLA wrote.
The next dated item is the CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee, 20 August. Until the White House posts a readout, the quotes sit on the pool and the named reprints. No HYPE last is used here.
Informational only. Not trading advice, signals, or a guarantee of any market outcome.
Written and fact-checked with AI assistance, reviewed by a human editor before publication.
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