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Summer Mersinger is leaving the helm of the Blockchain Association, one of the crypto industry's leading advocacy groups
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Mersinger will be replaced, for now, by Kristin Smith, the organization's original CEO who ran the association from its launch in 2018 until 15 months ago, according to a Friday statement.
Key facts
- Mersinger will be replaced, for now, by Kristin Smith, the organization's original CEO who ran the association from its launch in 2018 until 15 months ago, according to a Friday statement
- Smith, who is stepping into the CEO post on an interim basis, had left the Blockchain Association last year to take a role as president of the new group, the Solana Policy Institute, but she retained
- I'm proud of how far we've come together, from the GENIUS Act to real regulatory clarity at the SEC and CFTC," said Mersinger, who'd taken the job after leaving her post as a member of the Commodity
- Summer Mersinger is leaving the helm of the Blockchain Association, one of the crypto industry's leading advocacy groups, a week after the sector weathered a major legislative setback in the loss
Summary
The Blockchain Association CEO Summer Mersinger is stepping down and will be replaced on an interim basis by the group's former longtime leader, Kristin Smith. The transition, which was announced days after the industry experienced a legislative disappointment in the rejection of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, is set for next month. Summer Mersinger is leaving the helm of the Blockchain Association, one of the crypto industry's leading advocacy groups, a week after the sector weathered a major legislative setback in the loss of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act.