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🗓️ 18 February 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Live from Mar-A-Lago at the World Liberty Forum: Sara Eisen — alongside David Faber and Carl Quintanilla, at the New York Stock Exchange — interviewed some of Wall Street's biggest newsmakers. This hour? Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, alongside pro-crypto Senator Bernie Moreno, talking regulation and whether there's more pain to come for Bitcoin... Plus: Eric and Donald Trump Jr. joined Sara for a wide-ranging deep-dive spanning crypto, conflict of interest concerns, prediction markets, and a whole lot more. Elsewhere in the hour: hear a fresh read from the ground when it comes to AI demand with the CEO of Cadence Design (as shares pop on strong earnings)... and the details on Nvidia's new AI chip deal with Meta. Squawk on the Street Disclaimer

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0:00.0	Today morning and welcome to Squawk on the Street. I'm Sarah Eisen, joining today from the World Liberty Forum,
0:05.4	Marlago, Palm Beach, Florida, along the Krookinia and David Faber live from the New York Stock Exchange.
0:11.0	Coming up this hour, an exclusive conversation with World Liberty Financial co-founders, Donald Trump Jr.
0:17.3	and Eric Trump here at the forum is the crypto complex remains under pressure after a
0:21.3	brutal start to the year. Plus, we will speak with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and Ohio Senator
0:27.1	Bernie Moreno about the latest developments in crypto regulation, prediction markets, and much more.
0:33.6	Guys, I am here today and here's a fun fact for you. The first ever live show broadcast from Mar-a-Lago, better known here as the Winter White House.
0:43.3	And that's because World Liberty has hosted quite a big financial forum.
0:47.6	It's not just key players in the crypto industry.
0:50.1	They've also had CEOs speaking, I'm doing an on-stage panel with David Solomon, the CEO of Goldman Sachs.
0:54.9	They have the CEO of NASDAQ here,
0:57.0	Dina Friedman, and the New York Stock Exchange.
0:59.3	They have Congress people and senators here as well.
1:02.6	The regulators, including the CFTC chair,
1:05.1	fresh off of that announcement
1:06.6	that they're going to back the predictions markets
1:08.4	companies against states on regulation.
1:11.3	And the goal is to talk about crypto, but also to talk about American policies and growth.
1:17.5	There's also some discussion about how to preserve the dollar, for instance, as the world's
1:21.1	reserve currency.
1:22.5	But of course, it's not without controversy.
1:24.4	The last time World Liberty this this company that has been
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