White House officials meet with crypto leaders

Senior White House officials attended a call with about a dozen cryptocurrency leaders Thursday morning in the latest overture by the Biden administration to the industry. 

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Bruce Reed and National Economic Council Director Lael Brainard joined the call, along with Kristine Lucius, senior advisor and director of legislative affairs for Vice President Harris, according to sources familiar. 

The call, organized by pro-crypto Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna (Calif.), comes as the White House and the Democratic Party have sought to mend fences with the crypto industry amid Read Entire Article