The White House’s digital asset advisory body is now without any staff after Patrick Witt, its executive director, concluded his temporary government assignment on October 14. The departure leaves the administration without a dedicated point person for cryptocurrency policy coordination just weeks before the November midterm elections and with its signature market-structure legislation stalled in the Senate.

A White House official confirmed that Witt’s detail from the Department of Defense had expired, ending his role leading the President’s Council of Advisors for Digital Assets, commonly known as the White House Crypto Council. The administration thanked Witt for his service but did not name a successor or outline succession…