{
  "id": 14793108,
  "title": "Helius CEO Mert Mumtaz Joins NEAR Foundation Council",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/helius-ceo-mert-mumtaz-joins-near-foundation-council-14793108",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-15T21:30:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Korea IT Times",
    "slug": "korea-it-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreaittimes.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=158192"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Mert Mumtaz, CEO of Solana infrastructure provider Helius, has been appointed to the NEAR Foundation Council. This move comes as NEAR Foundation develops infrastructure to connect blockchain markets while protecting users’ transaction information. Mumtaz's appointment reflects NEAR's emphasis on combining cross-chain access with confidentiality for users and AI agents. He joins NEAR Protocol co-founder Illia Polosukhin, Anchorage Digital co-founder Diogo Mônica, former NEAR Foundation chief operating officer Chris Donovan, and Bowen Wang of NEAR One. At Helius, Mumtaz oversees services including remote procedure call nodes, data streaming, transaction delivery, and validators.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}