Solana Lending Protocol Kamino Names Michael Weisz CEO, Opens New York HQ

Kamino is importing traditional-finance distribution and institutional relationships rather than just another DeFi-native hire; Weisz's Yieldstreet background suggests the pitch is now to allocators who need a familiar counterparty and a US address. That matters most for Solana's credit layer, where lending has struggled to attract institutional balance sheets, and for competitors now facing a protocol with a New York front door. The open question is whether the institutional pipeline Weisz cultivated at Yieldstreet actually converts into on-chain credit demand, or whether the headquarters is mainly a regulatory and marketing posture.