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Solana:- There are currently very few blockchains that doubling down on the vision of internet capital markets as Solana. It is making significant strides by partnering with tokenized platforms like xstocks and tokenizing equities to help get the capital markets on-chain. This development is further highlighted by Solana’s significant appointment of Catherine Gu on January 6. In a X post, Catherine Gu, a former Visa executive, announced her appointment as as Head of Product, Digital Assets, marking another high-profile transition from traditional finance into blockchain infrastructure. Why? 3 words: internet capital markets This resonates strongly with me when choosing @solana to build my next chapter. Starting with my first career as a quant in a HF to #stablecoins and #payments at @Visa, it’s incredibly clear what blockchains are all about — Catherine Gu (@catgu_) January 6, 2026 “Why? Three words: internet capital markets,” Gu wrote, explaining her motivation for choosing Solana as the platform for her next chapter. Who is Catherine Gu, Solana’s New Product Head? Catherine Gu is a payments and digital-assets executive best known for leading Visa’s work on stablecoins, CBDCs, and tokenized assets, before joining the Solana Foundation as Head of Product, Digital Assets. Her career spans quantitative finance, blockchain research, and institutional payments infrastructure, placing her among a small group of executives who have worked hands-on across both traditional financial systems and on-chain technology. Also Read: Semler Scientific, Strive Merger Vote on Jan. 13 Gu began her career in quantitative trading at a hedge fund, where she worked on market-driven models and trading systems. That background, she has said, shaped her understanding of how capital markets operate at scale. Internet Capital Markets as the Focus In her Linkedin post, Gu makes clear that her focus will be on turning blockchain use cases These are particularly around tokenization,…

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