In what could be a key part of the industry’s growth on a global scale, US President Donald Trump’s crypto czar, David Sacks, has officially met with top United Arab Emirates (UAE) officials on Friday. Indeed, Sacks and other Trump administration officials met with the foreign leader to discuss the cryptocurrency sector and artificial intelligence.

Senior UAe Official Tahnoon Bin Zayed Al Nahyan confirmed the meeting in a post to X (formerly Twitter). Both sides did not limit the discussion to the emerging technologies, as they also talked about potential opportunities for the UAE’s potential investment plans into the United States.

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Trump Administration and UAE Officials Meet to Talk Crypto & AI

There is no denying that the return of the Trump administration to the White House has completely shifted the country’s digital asset perspective. The returning US president has made the asset class one of his top priorities. Now he is looking to establish global ties that do the same thing.

A day after the president spoke at the Digital Asset Summit in New York, he sent one of his top advisors to talk about the industry. Indeed, Trump’s Crypto Czar, David Sacks, met with senior UAE officials Friday. Moreover, the meeting was centered around both the cryptocurrency sector and AI.

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Sacks specifically met with Sheikh Tahnoon Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the nation’s security advisor and the brother to its president. He noted that the two discussed “the expanding role of digital currencies” as well as “the investment opportunities emerging at their convergence.”

US President Donald Trump had previously hosted Tahnoon for a White House dinner earlier this week. Taking to his Truth Social platform shortly after, he noted the two discussed “ways for our countries to increase our partnership for the advancement of our economic and technological futures.”