Brief: New Executive Order on Cryptocurrency and Financial Innovation

Within 72 hours of returning to the White House, President Donald Trump issued a landmark Executive Order aimed at reshaping U.S. cryptocurrency policy and positioning America as a global leader in digital assets, blockchain innovation, and financial technology. To break down the significance of this executive action, the Wilson Center’s Digital Assets Forum is hosting a briefing to analyze its impact, explore what is changing, and discuss how this directive could influence U.S. fiscal and monetary policy moving forward.The discussion will be led by Alan Rechtschaffen, Wilson Center Trustee and Chair of the Digital Assets Forum, as well as a Senior Lecturer at NYU and author of three Oxford University Press textbooks on financial instruments and capital markets.

Key Topics:

• How this executive order redefines the U.S. approach to cryptocurrency 
• Implications for financial markets, innovation, and national economic strategy 
• The role of the U.S. in shaping global digital asset policy 
• What this means for businesses, investors, and policymakers

Join us for this critical conversation at the forefront of digital financial policy.