區塊鏈協會的長期首席執行官克里斯汀·史密斯（Kristin Smith）下個月離開擔任新索拉納政策研究所（Solana Policy Institute）主席

區塊鏈協會的長期首席執行官克里斯汀·史密斯（Kristin Smith）是華盛頓的主要遊說集團，他將在下個月離開擔任新索拉納政策研究所的主席

Kristin Smith, the longtime chief executive of the Blockchain Association, is leaving next month to take a role as president of the new Solana Policy Institute, the group announced Tuesday.

該組織週二宣布，區塊鏈協會長期首席執行官克里斯汀·史密斯（Kristin Smith）將在下個月離開，擔任新索拉納政策研究所（Solana Policy Institute）的主席。

Smith has led the Blockchain Association for nearly seven years — a dramatic period for the nascent industry. Since late last year, the industry has found allies running all levels of the U.S. government.

史密斯（Smith）領導了區塊鏈協會將近七年，這是新生行業的戲劇性時期。自去年下半年以來，該行業發現盟友運營著美國政府的各個層面。

The Blockchain Association has been a central player in the industry’s lobbying.

區塊鏈協會一直是該行業遊說的核心參與者。

Earlier this week, Miller Whitehouse-Levine founded the Solana group and announced his position as CEO shortly after stepping down from the Defi Education Fund.

本週早些時候，米勒·懷特豪斯·韋爾沃因（Miller Whitehouse-Levine）創立了索拉納集團（Solana Group），並在退出迪迪（Defi）教育基金會後不久宣布了他的首席執行官職位。

The group's website said it will focus its message on "how decentralized networks like Solana are the future of the digital economy."

該集團的網站表示，它將將其信息集中在“索拉納（Solana）等分散網絡是數字經濟的未來”上。

Its source of funding has yet to be announced.

它的資金來源尚未宣布。

Its board is now searching for Smith's replacement.

它的董事會現在正在尋找史密斯的替代者。

Whitehouse-Levin once worked in the Blockchain Association's policy operations.

Whitehouse-Levin曾經在區塊鏈協會的政策運營中工作。

"Innovators deserve to have the clarity they need to build a frictionless, Internet-based global economy — a future we believe is achievable with the right laws, rules and frameworks," he said in a statement during this week's launch of the Solana group.

他在本周啟動Solana Group的一份聲明中說：“創新者應該擁有建立無摩擦的基於互聯網的全球經濟所需的清晰度，這是我們認為可以通過正確的法律，規則和框架來實現的未來。”