United States President-elect Donald Trump has met with Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek at his home in Mar-a-Lago to discuss policies potentially affecting the cryptocurrency industry.
According to a Dec. 16 X post, Marszalek traveled to Florida to meet with Trump. The pair reportedly discussed the president-elect’s proposal to launch a national Bitcoin BTC$107,432 reserve and appointments in his administration related to the crypto industry.
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The meeting came the same day Crypto.com dropped its lawsuit against the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In a Dec. 16 filing in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, the crypto exchange voluntarily dismissed a suit against the SEC and its commissioners with prejudice.
After receiving a Wells notice — warning of potential enforcement action — Marszalek said in October that the exchange would be filing a suit against the SEC “to protect the future of crypto.” A Crypto.com spokesperson told Cointelegraph that the firm withdrew the lawsuit “given [its] intent to work with the incoming administration on a regulatory framework for the industry.”
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Since winning the US presidential election on Nov. 5, Trump has proposed appointments suggesting he intended to nominate individuals favoring the cryptocurrency industry. The president-elect launched his own digital asset project , World Liberty Financial, before the election.
In addition to Marszalek, Trump reportedly talked with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong in November to discuss personnel appointments. Since that event, the president-elect has announced former PayPal chief operating officer David Sacks as his “AI and crypto czar” and former commissioner Paul Atkins as his pick for SEC chair.
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