Solana has hired social app founder Nikita Bier as an Ecosystem Advisor

BlockBeats News, March 26th, Solana announced that Nikita Bier, the founder of the social app tbh, has officially joined its team as an ecosystem advisor to help curate and drive forward mobile app development. Bier currently also serves as a Product Growth Partner at the venture capital firm Lightspeed Ventures, which has invested in blockchain projects including Solana.

Bier is a serial entrepreneur in the social field. His anonymous social app tbh, founded in 2017, was acquired by Meta, and a similar app called Gas launched in 2023 was acquired by Discord. In a statement, he expressed: "Solana has the infrastructure for a mobile ecosystem breakout, with several apps making progress." Solana co-founder Raj Gokal responded that the past year has been a crucial stage for crypto consumer and mobile ecosystem development, and the collaboration will accelerate technological integration.