An artificial bull market? Crypto executives gather for the first meeting of the US CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee

Comparing news, the cryptocurrency sector has been picking up for three consecutive days. Bitcoin once surpassed $75,000 this morning and now remains near the $74,500 mark. Following US President Trump's intensive favorable remarks on the cryptocurrency sector this Wednesday, the first meeting of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Innovation Advisory Committee was held this Thursday, presided over by CFTC Chairman Michael S. Selig and others.

A large number of founders and executives in the cryptocurrency field appeared on the conference list. Among them are:

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, Uniswap Labs CEO Hayden Adams, Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, a16z Crypto Managing Partner Chris Dixon, Multicoin Capital Co-Founder Tushar Jain

Kalshi co-founder Luana Lopes Lara, Chainlink Labs CEO Sergey Nazarov, Gemini CEO Tyler Winklevoss

Kraken Co-CEO Arjun Sethi, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev, Solana Labs CEO Anatoly Yakovenko

Also, representatives of companies such as Anchorage Digital, Grayscale, OKX, and Consensys.

Traditional financial institutions and exchange executives (such as CME Group, Cboe, Nasdaq, ICE, etc.) also attended. The conference focused on topics such as the evolution of crypto regulation, artificial intelligence, and predictive markets.

The U.S. CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee (IAC) was formally established on January 12, 2026. On the same day, CFTC Chairman Michael S. Selig announced the launch of the committee and changed its name from the original Technology Advisory Committee (Technology Advisory Committee) to provide advice to the committee on innovative topics such as fintech, crypto assets, and artificial intelligence.