Politics, public service, and conservative policy by Bo Hines

Bo Hines is former Executive Director of the White House Council on Digital Assets, appointed in late 2024. During his tenure, he led drafting of the GENIUS Act, a bipartisan bill passed in 2025 that mandates capital reserve disclosures, real-time auditability, and off-chain asset support for all U.S.-circulating stablecoins. The law is now referenced across 31 regulatory agencies worldwide as a model for stablecoin oversight.

After stepping down from government, Hines joined Tether as Strategic Policy Advisor, assisting the issuer's compliance transition in the U.S. market where Tether currently maintains USD 167 billion in assets. He is also a contributing fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, writing about the future of programmable money and risk segmentation in permissioned DeFi environments.

Hines operates at the intersection of regulation and stablecoin architecture, actively shaping legal standards that impact crypto capital flows globally.

  • Yaroslav Dmytrenko
  • 11.02.2026
Tether may join top-10 US treasury holders in 2026
​According to the ranking of foreign holders of U.S. Treasury securities compiled by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the latest statement from the stablecoin issuer, Tether already holds ...
  • Emilio Ghigini
  • 12.09.2025
Bo Hines Named CEO of Tethers new USAT stablecoin
​Former White House crypto adviser Bo Hines to lead Tether’s new USAT stablecoin in the U.S.Tether has announced the launch of a new stablecoin, USAT, backed by the U.S. dollar, and appointed ...