Top White House crypto adviser Patrick Witt is out with no successor named, as the CLARITY Act sits 11 votes short in the Senate

The Trump administration's top crypto adviser has gone, and the White House has not said who takes over. A White House official told The Block by email on Wednesday that Patrick Witt's "detail has expired," adding that the White House appreciated his time and service. Witt served as executive director of the President's Council of Advisors for Digital Assets; he was a Defense Department employee on a temporary assignment there, according to reporting by Eleanor Terrett cited by The Block. The White House did not answer questions about a successor.

Witt had been expected to leave in July for mandatory Georgia Army National Guard training, which was then postponed, The Block reported. His departure follows those of David Sacks, the crypto and AI czar, who left in March when his 130 days as a special government employee ran out, and Harry Jung, Witt's deputy, who left in July. Cryptopolitan, citing journalist Eleanor Terrett, said Witt had been the council's only remaining staffer.

The timing matters because the market-structure bill was his main project. The House passed its version of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act in July 2025 by 294 to 134, but a Senate cloture vote in September drew 49 votes, 11 short of the 60 needed, according to Cryptopolitan. Disputes over stablecoin rewards, ethics rules and President Trump's own crypto holdings remain unresolved, The Block said. Supporters now look to the lame-duck session after the midterms. Industry groups praised Witt on his way out: Lindsay Fraser of the Blockchain Association and Kristin Smith of the Solana Policy Institute both credited him with keeping the market-structure talks moving.