Trump tapped Bo Hines, a former college football player and failed congressional candidate, to lead White House crypto council

Bo Hines will serve as executive director of the newly created Presidential Council of Advisers for Digital Assets .

Until now, Hines ’s ties to the crypto industry escaped scrutiny.

His association with a Trump -themed meme coin called Restore the Republic has not been previously reported.

Hines is a former college football player and failed congressional candidate.

Donald Trump Jr. bantered with Florida entrepreneur Josh McLean about the Restore the Republic token.

McLean addressed the calamitous launch of the token in August , calling himself both an adviser and “part of the team” Hines was dogged in his 2022 congressional race by accusations that he had never held a real job in his life.

In 2024 , he ran again in a different congressional district but placed fourth .

If Hines holds Restore the Republic or any other crypto tokens, he could be forced to sell them before reporting to work at the White House .

In 2022 , the Office of Government Ethics issued an advisory warning that federal employees could not work on cryptocurrency regulation if they owned crypto assets themselves.

The crypto council, which Hines is set to lead, is chaired by Sacks, the venture capitalist and member of the conservative "PayPal mafia" in Silicon Valley .