[Helius CEO Mert Mumtaz Joins NEAR Foundation Board of Directors] According to Golden Finance, the NEAR Foundation has announced that Mert Mumtaz, CEO of Solana's leading infrastructure company Helius, has officially joined the NEAR Foundation Board of Directors. This board serves as the governing body of the NEAR Foundation, responsible for oversight and major decision-making. Mert Mumtaz will continue to lead Helius, which provides infrastructure services such as Solana RPC, data streaming, transaction forwarding, and validator nodes for Phantom, Jupiter, Coinbase, Bitwise, and others. He is also an advocate for privacy in the crypto space, with a focus on Zcash shielded transactions. On the board, Mert will contribute industry insights and hands-on engineering experience, participating in NEAR's product development and market strategy formulation.