Who is the White House crypto czar?

The White House crypto czar is an informal title for the president's top adviser on digital asset policy. David Sacks held it from the start of President Trump's second term, but his formal White House role ended in March 2026. As of November 2026, there is no publicly named full-time official running White House crypto policy.

What is the crypto czar role?

The job is not a cabinet post and needs no Senate confirmation. Fortune reported that Sacks was hired as a special government employee, a status capped at 130 days of work a year, which let him keep his investments as long as he stepped back from matters affecting them. He was expected to act as a link between the White House, Congress and agencies such as the SEC and CFTC, and to push for a legal framework for the industry.

The czar does not write rules or enforce them. That work belongs to regulators and Congress, as explained in who regulates crypto in the US.

What is the President's Working Group on Digital Asset Markets?

Executive Order 14178, signed January 23, 2025, created the President's Working Group on Digital Asset Markets inside the National Economic Council and named the Special Advisor for AI and Crypto as its chair. Its members include the Treasury, Commerce and Homeland Security secretaries, the Attorney General, and the chairs of the SEC and CFTC. The same order barred agencies from promoting a US central bank digital currency.

The group published a 168-page report on July 30, 2025. It called for clearer market structure law, spot market powers for the CFTC, a right to hold crypto in a personal wallet, and a reserve and stockpile of forfeited digital assets run by Treasury, a topic covered in does the US government own bitcoin.

Is David Sacks still the crypto and AI czar?

Not formally. Sacks said in March 2026 that he had used up his allowed days as a special government employee, Yahoo Finance reported, and he became co-chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. Fox Business quoted a senior White House adviser saying Sacks would always be the president's crypto and AI czar, so the title survives in an informal sense.

Who runs White House crypto policy now?

Day-to-day work had passed to the crypto council's staff. Bo Hines, its first executive director, left for Tether in August 2025. Deputy director Harry Jung left in July 2026. Patrick Witt, executive director of the President's Council of Advisors for Digital Assets, left on October 14, 2026 when his temporary assignment from the Department of Defense expired.

TokenPost reported on October 20, 2026 that neither leadership post had a named successor. A White House official said crypto and the CLARITY Act would remain a priority for the president. Who fills the role next may change quickly, so check recent official announcements.