Patrick Witt Steps Down From White House Digital Assets Advisory Council

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Patrick Witt, executive secretary of the White House’s Digital Assets Advisory Council, has stepped down after helping coordinate the administration’s cryptocurrency policy. He left the role after his temporary detail from his home agency ended.

The White House confirmed in an email that Witt’s assignment had ended, The Block reported on October 14. Witt is a U.S. Department of Defense official who had been serving on temporary assignment with the White House crypto advisory council.

Witt built his career in government policy and administration rather than digital assets. He played football at Yale, graduated from Harvard Law School, and worked at McKinsey, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and the Defense Department. He took over the council’s day-to-day work after Bo Hines left his post as the White House’s crypto policy lead last year.