Trump to host Zelenskyy at White House as Ukraine peace push enters new phase

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to visit the White House on July 28, with the meeting confirmed by a White House official on July 24. It is the latest in a series of face-to-face engagements between the two leaders since Trump began his second term, and it arrives at a moment when the broader architecture of a potential Russia-Ukraine settlement remains very much a work in progress. What’s on the table The July 28 session builds directly on a bilateral discussion held on July 8 at the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey. That conversation was itself part of a pattern: Trump and Zelenskyy have met multiple times this term, including sessions at Mar-a-Lago and in the Oval Office. Each meeting has orbited a consistent set of themes: the path to ending the conflict, the shape of any eventual ceasefire, and the question of what security guarantees Ukraine would receive as part of a deal. Why crypto and risk assets are watching There are no digital asset discussions on the agenda for July 28. That much has been confirmed. But the crypto market’s relationship with geopolitical risk means the meeting still registers on the radar of investors in Bitcoin and broader risk assets. The...