Crypto Advocate Kristin Smith to Exit Blockchain Association for New Solana Group
Kristin Smith, the longtime chief executive of the Blockchain Association, a leading lobbying group for crypto policy in Washington, is leaving next month to take a role as president of the new Solana Policy Institute, according to a Tuesday announcement.
“I am incredibly proud of what we’ve accomplished together and confident that the organization’s future is bright,” Smith said in a statement.
Earlier this week, Miller Whitehouse-Levine founded the organization and announced his position as CEO shortly after stepping down from the Defi Education Fund.
Though the group hasn’t yet clarified its source of funding, its website said it will focus its message on “how decentralized networks like Solana are the future of the digital…
