US President Donald Trump announced the appointment of 13 members from the cryptocurrency, blockchain, artificial intelligence and technology industries to his Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, re-established by executive order in January 2025.
In Wednesday’s announcement, the White House he said that the board will include Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Oracle CTO Larry Ellison and other representatives from major technology companies.
According to the White House, the board could have a maximum of 24 members, many of whom “will be appointed in the near future.”
The council will be co-chaired by White House artificial intelligence and crypto czar David Sacks and Trump’s science adviser Michael Kratsios. According to the January director order by restoring the council under Trump, it will “advise the president on matters related to science, technology, education and innovation policy.”
Many in the tech industry have a history of supporting the Trump administration. Huang previously met with the president to discuss Nvidia chip export controls, while Zuckerberg traveled to Trump’s private Mar-a-Lago club in November 2024 after his election victory and attended a White House dinner with other tech company executives in September 2025.
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The board’s appointments came less than a week after the White House released a national framework for artificial intelligence, calling on Congress to pass regulations that would take precedence over state-level regulations. Trump is pushing Republicans to pass the SAVE America Act – a bill requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote – saying On March 8, he stated that he “will not sign other bills” until they are passed.
No timetable for the market structure bill in the US Congress
Since the House of Representatives passed the comprehensive digital asset market structure bill, known as the CLARITY Act, in July 2025, the Senate has faced several setbacks that have held back progress on the legislation. From planned work stoppages to government shutdowns to industry concerns about the viability of stablecoins, progress on the bill was nowhere to be seen.
The Senate Agriculture Committee introduced its version of the market structure bill in January, but a markup in the Senate Banking Committee – necessary to address implications for securities laws and regulations – was postponed after Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said the company could not support the bill as written. As of Wednesday, the commission did not announce a novel date for the escalate.
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