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Yelena Cavanaugh

General Counsel at Solana

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Yelena Cavanaugh is general counsel of the Solana Foundation and previously worked at Cooley LLP. He is a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.

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Sphere Sphere
Strategic -- $ 5 M
Dec 12, 2024

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