Trump appoints Bo Hines to presidential council on digital assets

FILE PHOTO: Republican Nominee for Congress Bo Hines speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas, U.S., August 6, 2022. REUTERS/Shelby Tauber/File Photo

(Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday said he was appointing Bo Hines, who previously ran to represent a North Carolina district in Congress, as executive director of the Presidential Council of Advisers for Digital Assets that will be chaired by incoming crypto czar David Sacks.

(Reporting by Costas Pitas; editing by Diane Craft)