PANews reported on October 16th that the NEAR Foundation has officially announced the addition of senior executives from Bloomberg, Digital Currency Group, Flipside, and dYdX to its leadership team. The newly appointed leaders include Matt Kummell as Chief Business Officer, Alycia Tooill as Head of Human Resources, Chris Briseno as Chief Marketing Officer, George Zeng as Chief Product Officer and General Manager of NEAR AI, and Bowen Wang as Chief Technology Officer and Founder of NEAR One. These new appointments mark a pivotal shift for NEAR, moving from infrastructure development to product adoption and commercialization.