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So David Sacks. White House AI and Crypto Czar. The guy who somehow convinced Trump that Austin and Miami are the future while simultaneously trying to reshape how America regulates technology. Let's dig in.

This past week has been absolutely bonkers for Sacks. According to reporting from Bitbo, on Friday he posted that Senate Banking Committee Chair Tim Scott and Senate Agriculture Committee Chair John Boozman confirmed a January markup for the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act—that's the landmark crypto legislation that would sort out whether the SEC or CFTC actually gets to regulate digital assets. Sacks basically took a victory lap, saying they're closer than ever to passing what Trump's been calling for. The Banking Committee had originally targeted December for this, but delayed it. Now it's happening this month.

But here's where it gets spicy. Just this past Thursday, according to Axios, Sacks initiated a public fight with Republican Congressman Brian Mast over the AI Overwatch Act. Sacks implied the bill would weaken Trump's position, Mast fired back saying his responsibility isn't to be a yes-man for Sacks or Jensen Huang from Nvidia, and suddenly you've got MAGA influencers like Laura Loomer joining in. Mast basically accused of positioning himself as "Huawei Employee of the Month." It's messy, it's vindictive, and it tells you everything about how Sacks operates—he doesn't do subtlety.

Meanwhile, Politico has been reporting that Sacks is starting to worry the actual tech industry. The knock against him is that he's been intransigent in congressional negotiations. Lobbyists wanted compromise on state AI preemption laws, but Sacks pushed the administration to just ram things through via executive order instead. That strategy basically killed the compromise effort, which is either brilliant or catastrophic depending on who you ask.

He's also scheduled to appear at the World Economic Forum in Davos soon for a conversation with Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, so expect some high-minded commentary about the future of technology and AI regulation.

The through-line here is that Sacks is operating like a Silicon Valley operator in a government role—fast, aggressive, willing to weaponize Twitter, and convinced he knows what's best. Whether that translates to actual policy success remains to be seen.

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