President Donald Trump has named 13 leaders from the crypto, blockchain, AI and wider technology sectors to a reconstituted Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, a body he re-established by executive order in January 2025. The White House said the initial slate includes Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Oracle CTO Larry Ellison, among other executives from major tech companies. The council could expand to as many as 24 members with further appointments expected.
The council will be co-chaired by White House AI and crypto adviser David Sacks and Trump science adviser Michael Kratsios. Per the January executive order, the group’s remit is to advise the President on science, technology, education and innovation policy.
Several appointees have already engaged with the administration. Nvidia’s Jensen Huang has met with the president to discuss export controls affecting Nvidia chips. Mark Zuckerberg visited Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in November 2024 after the election and later attended a White House dinner with other tech leaders in September 2025.
The appointments come after the White House released a national AI framework urging Congress to enact federal legislation that would preempt state-level AI rules. Separately, the president has been pressing Republicans to pass the SAVE America Act—which would require proof of citizenship to register to vote—and said on March 8 he would withhold his signature from other bills until that measure passes.
No timetable for digital-asset market overhaul in the Senate
A comprehensive market-structure bill for digital assets, the CLARITY Act, passed the House in July 2025 but has stalled in the Senate amid congressional recesses, threats of a shutdown and industry objections, including provisions on stablecoin yields. The Senate Agriculture Committee advanced its version in January, but a necessary Senate Banking Committee markup—required to resolve securities-law issues—was postponed after Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said the company could not support the bill as written. The Banking Committee has not set a new date.
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