Solana Foundation appoints ex-Binance and Polygon executives to expand institutional and payment adoption

The Solana Foundation appointed Rachel Conlan as chief strategy officer and Jamal Raees as payments business manager to drive institutional adoption and payment integration. Conlan previously worked at Binance and OKX, while Raees joins from Polygon Labs to collaborate with payment firms and enterprises. The foundation cited Solana's stablecoin trading volume exceeding $5 trillion and real-world asset tokenization surpassing $4.5 billion this year.