Helius CEO Mert Mumtaz joins NEAR Foundation Council
Helius CEO Mert Mumtaz has joined the NEAR Foundation Council. The council oversees the foundation and its most significant decisions, and one report notes that his role may connect NEAR and Solana while also raising questions about impartial governance and community trust.
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NEAR Foundation members and people watching its governance will notice that Mert Mumtaz now sits on the Council. The Council handles the foundation’s most significant decisions, so his presence places a Helius executive inside that decision-making body today.
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