A group of crypto heavyweights, lawmakers and an advisor to President Joe Biden gathered Wednesday morning at a roundtable in a ballroom at the ritzy Willard Hotel in Washington D.C. to hash out frustrations and talk about steps forward.

The objective of the meeting, hosted by Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif.,  was to sit down with the Biden administration as a group and have open dialogue, said Crypto Council for Innovation CEO Sheila Warren.

"Many people, myself included, remarked as we left that we were feeling better coming out than we did going in," Warren told The Block. It was a very productive meeting, she added.

The meeting was less Q&A style and instead was opened by Khanna, then billionaire Mark Cuban gave some remarks, followed by government and the crypto industry …