In-town pool report #11: Event attendees
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- Nik Popli
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- Wednesday, August 19, 2026 4:17 PM
On background from a White House official regarding guests at the crypto event:
Today’s attendees and speakers included:
Brian Armstrong, Co-Founder & CEO, Coinbase
Jeffrey Sprecher, Founder, Chair & CEO, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)
Vlad Tenev, Chairman, CEO & President, Robinhood
Adena Friedman, Chair & CEO, Nasdaq
Mike Belshe, Co-Founder, CEO, CTO & President, BitGo
Brad Garlinghouse, CEO, Ripple
Sergey Nazarov, Co-Founder, Chainlink Labs
Arjun Sethi, Co-CEO, Payward (Kraken)
Alana Palmedo, Managing Partner, Paradigm
Peter Smith, Co-Founder, CEO & Executive Chairman, Blockchain.com
Tyler Winklevoss, Co-Founder & CEO, Gemini
Cameron Winklevoss, Co-Founder & President, Gemini
Chris Dixon, A16z
Nik Popli
Staff Writer, TIME