After a college football career and 2 failed House races, Bo Hines is helping steer U.S. crypto policy

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as Crypto czar David Sacks, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and Executive Director of the Presidential Council of Advisers for Digital Assets Bo Hines attend the White House Crypto Summit at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 7, 2025. Bo Hines has no professional background in crypto. He earned his law degree three years ago from Wake Forest. He's twice unsuccessfully run for Congress in North Carolina. Now the 29-year-old former football player is wrapping up his second month as one of the leaders of President Donald Trump's crypto agenda. "We're well on our way in delivering on the President's promise to welcome in the golden age for digital assets," Hines told CNBC in an interview this week. "And make the United States the crypto capital of the planet." Hines is repeating a high-level message Trump has been uttering since the waning months of his campaign last year, when he became the ... Read full article.