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Bo Hines Firm Got $6.3M From Tether While He Shaped Stablecoin Law, Here’s All

CoinGape·October 15, 2026·1 min read
Bo Hines Firm Got $6.3M From Tether While He Shaped Stablecoin Law, Here’s All

A Wall Street Journal investigation linked Tether to $6.3 million in payments to a consulting firm co-owned by Bo Hines, former executive director of the White House Crypto Council, while he was in office and shaping U.S. stablecoin law. The payments raise conflict-of-interest questions about his role in drafting stablecoin regulations.

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