White House Crypto Council chief Patrick Witt steps down

Patrick Witt, executive director of the White House Crypto Council, is leaving his role for a job in the private sector — the fourth high-profile departure from the advisory group, Cointelegraph reported on Thursday.

What Witt said

In a Thursday post on X, Witt wrote that serving in the administration had been "the privilege of a lifetime" and that he looks forward to supporting U.S. technological progress "in the private sector." He did not name his next employer in that post.

Witt had been a leading White House adviser on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, which aimed to create a comprehensive U.S. crypto market framework. In September the Senate failed a cloture vote on the bill, and further progress in the current session looks unlikely.

A thinning council

Witt's exit leaves a leadership gap: Cointelegraph notes he was the last remaining staffer on the council after earlier departures:

• David Sacks, White House crypto and AI czar — left in March.
• Harry Jung, deputy director — left in July.
• Former executive director Bo Hines announced his exit in August 2025 and later joined stablecoin issuer Tether as a strategic adviser for U.S. expansion.

Cointelegraph said it had asked the White House whether a replacement is planned and would update if a reply arrives.

Why it matters

The council helped shape the administration's crypto agenda. Losing its remaining executive director while major market-structure legislation is stalled adds uncertainty about who will drive digital-asset policy from the White House in the near term.