Bo Hines, the executive director of the cryptography council of the White House of the US President Donald Trump, announced that he is moving on Saturday.
Hines, who was appointed by the president To direct the advisory group in December 2024, he said that he withdrew to join the private sector and thanked the cryptographic community for its “unshakable” support. He wrote SATURDAY:
“Serving in the administration of President Trump and working alongside our brilliant Czar AI and Crypto, David Sacks, as executive director of the White House Crypto Council, was the honor of a life. Together, we positioned America as the capital of the cryptographic world. ”
Although a successor has not yet been appointed, the independent crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett said Hines deputy director Patrick Witt will probably be appointed to this position.
The White House Crypto Council has published a complete report proposing a Regulatory action plan For digital assets in the United States in July. Although the advisory group has played a decisive role in buying political efforts, criticisms say that the council Subdisposed on the BTC Strategic Reserve.
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Hines pleaded for the accumulation of BTC through neutral budgetary strategies
President Trump signed a decree Establish a Bitcoin strategic reserve And a stock of national crypto in January. However, the order has limited the way the government could acquire an additional BTC.
The executive order Prohibited for the federal government from selling one of the accumulated BTCs of the US government and orders the Treasury Department and the Commerce Department to find “budget neutral” strategies to accumulate more digital currency.
Budget neutral strategies means that the only way in which the US government can acquire a new BTC for the reserve is through asset crises or ways that do not create additional charges on the American public budget.
In March, Hines suggested that the US government should Revalle its gold holdingswho are Dear At $ 42.22 per OneDce Troy, while gold is negotiated at around $ 3,400 per ounce on the cash market.
Part of the revalue gold could then be converted into BTC, increasing the size of the Bitcoin National Reserve, without creating budgetary expenses.
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