Trump's DeFi Cabinet: A Who's Who of Tech Bros and Crypto Czars

President Donald Trump has assembled a tech and crypto supergroup for his President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). The inaugural 13-member lineup looks less like a government panel and more like the VIP section at a Davos afterparty, if Davos had a proper degen corner.

The headliners are Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. They're sharing the stage with Oracle founder Larry Ellison, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, AMD CEO Lisa Su, and Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell. It's the kind of roster that makes you check if your bags are packed for the inevitable private island retreat.

For those who measure success in APYs and token unlocks, the council wisely includes Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam and legendary crypto VC Marc Andreessen. Because no discussion on the future is complete without a venture capitalist to remind everyone about network effects and disruptive paradigms.

The group will be led by entrepreneur David Sacks—formerly the White House's AI and crypto czar—and ex-U.S. Chief Technology Officer Michael Kratsios. Filling out the squad are fusion energy execs Jacob DeWitte and Bob Mumgaard, former Google quantum whiz John Martinis, entrepreneur David Friedberg, and Oracle CEO Safra Catz. It's a team so stacked, even a Satoshi-level whitepaper might struggle to get their collective attention.

Per the White House, this council can balloon to a cozy 24 members, with more appointments likely inbound. Their official mandate is to wrestle with the "opportunities and challenges that emerging technologies present to the American workforce" and guide us all to "thrive in the Golden Age of Innovation." Or, in crypto terms, to figure out how to onboard normies without crashing the servers.

This isn't a new concept; it follows a tradition started by President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Science Advisory Board in 1933. The timing is also chef's kiss, coming just a week after the White House dropped a national AI policy framework that suggested existing agencies should handle AI regulation, rather than spawning a new bureaucratic boss monster.

So, the ultimate tech oligarchy advisory board is now officially in session. The real question isn't about their credentials, but whether they can reach a consensus on anything more complex than the Wi-Fi password for the West Wing.