{"id":2382877,"date":"2024-12-22T20:22:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T01:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-appoints-former-college-football-player-bo-hines-to-crypto-council-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-22T20:24:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T01:24:04","slug":"trump-appoints-former-college-football-player-bo-hines-to-crypto-council-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-appoints-former-college-football-player-bo-hines-to-crypto-council-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump appoints former college football player Bo Hines to \u2018crypto council\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-appoints-former-college-football-player-bo-hines-to-crypto-council-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2382877&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President-elect Donald Trump has\u200c appointed Bo Hines,\u2063 a former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/she-accused-him-of-sexual-assault-the-school-said-she-wasnt-incapacitated-but-did-not-consent-when-she-said-yes\/\" title=\"She Accused Him Of Sexual Assault. The School Said She Wasn\u2019t Incapacitated But Did Not Consent When She Said \u2018Yes.\u2019\">college football player<\/a> and two-time candidate for a North Carolina\u2064 House seat, as \u2062the executive director \u2062of his newly established Presidential Council of Advisers for Digital assets, commonly\u2062 referred to as the &#8220;crypto council.&#8221; Trump made this proclamation via a statement posted on Truth Social. The new council aims to provide guidance on digital assets and cryptocurrency-related matters.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump appoints former college football player Bo Hines to &lsquo;crypto council&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1916907\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President-elect <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> announced on Sunday that Bo Hines, a former college <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">football<\/a> player who twice ran for a North Carolina House seat, will be the executive director of his newly created Presidential Council of Advisers for Digital Assets, or &ldquo;crypto council.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump announced the selection in a statement <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113698639577293090\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"posted \">posted <\/a>on Truth Social.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Bo Hines will be the Executive Director of the Presidential Council of Advisers for Digital Assets (the &lsquo;Crypto Council&rsquo;), a new advisory group composed of luminaries from the Crypto industry, and chaired by our Crypto Czar, David Sacks. Bo is a graduate of Yale University, and Wake Forest University Law School,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>In the role, Hines will &ldquo;work with David [Sacks] to foster innovation and growth in the digital assets space, while ensuring industry leaders have the resources they need to succeed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In a nod to the attention crypto will get in Trump&rsquo;s second administration set to take office in January, the statement added that Hines and Sacks will &ldquo;create an environment where this [crypto] industry can flourish, and remain a cornerstone of our Nation&rsquo;s technological advancement.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump selected venture capitalist David Sacks as his &ldquo;crypto czar&rdquo; earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Hines, 29 and a North Carolina native, ran for North Carolina&rsquo;s 13th Congressional District in 2022, winning the Republican primary before <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Bo_Hines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"losing \">losing<\/a> to Democratic candidate Wiley Nickel in the general election by just over 3 percentage points. He followed that up with a run in 2024 for North Carolina&rsquo;s 6th Congressional District but lost in the Republican primary.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President-elect Donald Trump selected Bo Hines to be the executive director of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jordan-cisa-chief-dodged-questions-about-election-censorship\/\" title=\"Jordan: CISA Chief Dodged Questions About Election Censorship\">newly created &#038;ldquo<\/a>;crypto council,&rdquo; Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. (AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hines received Trump&rsquo;s endorsement in 2022 but was <a href=\"https:\/\/ncnewsline.com\/briefs\/ballot-bites-a-lost-endorsement-and-a-new-trump-favorite-in-ncs-6th-congressional-district\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"snubbed \">snubbed <\/a>for now-Rep.-elect Addison McDowell in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Before his political campaigns, he <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">played college football<\/a> for North Carolina State University as a wide receiver, before transferring to Yale University, where he briefly continued his football career.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In an X <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BoHines\/status\/1870951600136806428\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"post \">post <\/a>addressing the appointment, Hines said &ldquo;it will be the honor of a lifetime to serve in your next administration,&rdquo; adding, &ldquo;I am thrilled to work alongside the brilliant [David Sacks] to ensure that this industry will thrive and remain a cornerstone of our Nation&rsquo;s technological advancement.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump also <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113698640480139954\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"announced \">announced <\/a>a flurry of picks for the team who will work with Sacks, including Michael J.K. Kratsios as director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Dr. Lynne Parker as executive director of the Presidential Council of Advisors for Science and Technology, and Sriram Krishnan as senior policy adviser for artificial intelligence at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1916907\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1916907\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump names ex-college football player Bo Hines as head of &#8216;crypto council.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3359,"featured_media":2382878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/bo-hines-crypto-council.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[47271,35616,47272,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2382877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-bo-hines","tag-college-football","tag-crypto-council","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/bo-hines-crypto-council.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2382877"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2382881,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382877\/revisions\/2382881"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2382878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2382877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2382877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2382877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}