President Trump touts progress on crypto regulation at the World Economic Forum: CNBC Crypto World

Watch on YouTube ↗  |  January 21, 2026 at 21:46  |  16:49  |  CNBC
Speakers
Gracie Chen — CEO, Bitget
Talia Kaplan — Host, CNBC Crypto World
Donald Trump — President of the United States
David Sacks — General Partner, Craft Ventures
Brian Armstrong — CEO of Coinbase
Brad Garlinghouse — CEO, Ripple
Richard Tang — Co-CEO, Binance

Summary

Crypto prices fell sharply this week as President Trump's push to acquire Greenland added geopolitical uncertainty and weighed on risk assets. The World Economic Forum in Davos put crypto regulation in focus, with Trump and industry executives debating market structure legislation and stablecoin rules. Bitget CEO Gracy Chen discussed the NYSE's planned 24/7 tokenized trading platform, arguing it benefits US-compliant stablecoins like USDC, crypto leverage trading platforms, RWA tokenization, and structural demand for the US dollar and T-bills.

  • Bitcoin, Ether, and XRP declined amid geopolitical risk and rising Treasury yields.
  • Trump promoted US crypto leadership and a crypto market structure bill at Davos.
  • The Senate market structure bill stalled over stablecoin reward provisions and bank/crypto disagreements.
  • NYSE parent ICE is developing a 24/7 tokenized securities platform with BNY and Citi.
  • Bitget CEO Gracy Chen said tokenization will benefit USDC and compliant stablecoins.
  • Chen also said crypto leverage platforms may gain if NYSE tokenized stocks lack leverage.
  • Chen expects regulatory clarity to support RWA and asset tokenization.
  • Chen said stablecoin rules support US dollar dominance and short-term Treasury demand.
Ideas
Gracie Chen CEO, Bitget 8:04
24/7 tokenized stocks attract Asia investors.
The NYSE's planned 24/7 tokenized stock and ETF trading platform is a strategic TradFi move to use blockchain for more efficient markets and wider global accessibility. Round-the-clock trading can attract more Asia-Pacific investors, supporting tokenized securities.
Tokenized stocks/ETFs HIGH
Gracie Chen CEO, Bitget 9:04
USDC wins from US-compliant stablecoin demand.
The NYSE's tokenized trading platform plans to use stablecoin-based fund settlement under the GENIUS regulatory framework, making US-compliant stablecoins more important. USDC is the leading player within the US-compliant ecosystem, so it should benefit from this shift.
USDC HIGH
Gracie Chen CEO, Bitget 9:40
Crypto leverage platforms gain from NYSE gap.
If the NYSE's tokenized stock trading platform does not support leverage, risk-seeking users will still seek leverage on crypto stock contract trading platforms. Platforms such as Bitget and Hyperliquid offer these features and should benefit from more demand and liquidity as crypto becomes more compliant.
Crypto stock contract trading platforms BITGET HYPE HIGH
Gracie Chen CEO, Bitget 12:16
Regulatory clarity boosts RWA tokenization growth.
Regulatory clarity under frameworks like the GENIUS Act and CLARITY Act is turning crypto/RWA regulation from a 'wild west' into a zoned, permitted environment. This allows platforms like NYSE and NASDAQ to embrace asset tokenization in a more compliant manner, supporting real-world asset and tokenization growth.
RWA MED
Gracie Chen CEO, Bitget 15:17
Stablecoin rules support dollar and T-bills.
The GENIUS Act requires stablecoin issuers to hold T-bills or similar very short-term US assets, creating structural demand for short-term Treasuries. Since almost all stablecoins are USD-packaged, this also reinforces US dollar dominance, with Tether and Circle as major players.
USD BIL MED
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This CNBC video, published January 21, 2026, features Gracie Chen discussing Tokenized stocks/ETFs, USDC, Crypto stock contract trading platforms, BITGET, HYPE, RWA, USD, BIL. 5 trade ideas extracted by AI with direction and confidence scoring.

Speakers: Gracie Chen  · Tickers: Tokenized stocks/ETFs, USDC, Crypto stock contract trading platforms, BITGET, HYPE, RWA, USD, BIL