The Solana Foundation has made two senior hires: Rachel Conlan as chief strategy officer and Jamal Raees as general manager of payments. Conlan joins after 3 years as Binance’s global chief marketing officer. Raees comes over from Polygon Labs, after earlier roles at Bridge and Wyre.
Together, the appointments show the Foundation is putting more senior weight behind partnerships, go-to-market strategy, and payments as it pushes further into enterprise and real-world use.
The SEC’s token buyback clarification now sets the compliance line issuers will test next.