[Solana Foundation Appoints Former Binance Executive Rachel Conlan as Chief Strategy Officer] According to CoinDesk, the Solana Foundation has appointed former Binance executive Rachel Conlan as its new Chief Strategy Officer. Conlan will be responsible for leading institutional partnerships, ecosystem growth, and strategies to attract more enterprises to the Solana platform. She previously worked at Binance for three years, serving as Global Chief Marketing Officer before leaving the company in June of this year. The Solana Foundation has also hired Jamal Raees as General Manager of Payments. Prior to joining, Raees worked at Polygon Labs and previously held roles at the stablecoin infrastructure company Bridge (now part of Stripe) and the crypto payments company Wyre.