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Kiln announces Claire Wells as new chief legal officer
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Claire Wells, chief legal officer | Klin

Kiln announced that Claire Wells has been appointed as the new chief legal officer, overseeing the company’s legal, compliance, and policy teams globally. Claire Wells joins Kiln from Coinbase, where she served as associate general counsel and policy lead.

Wells brings significant experience in legal and regulatory matters from her previous roles at Coinbase, Plaid, and Circle. Her expertise in navigating regulatory landscapes for fintech and digital assets is expected to contribute to Kiln's global growth strategy. According to a press release by Kiln, since joining the company, Wells has already provided insights that have influenced its strategic direction. Kiln has released a video presentation featuring Wells, outlining her approach and plans for the legal, compliance, and policy teams.

Kiln offers a range of products designed to facilitate and enhance staking and decentralized finance (DeFi) activities. These include customizable Ethereum (ETH) staking solutions, dedicated validators, and validator non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for increased liquidity. Users can access staking pools for various ETH amounts, liquid staking pools with custom tokens, and an on-chain explorer to monitor deployed contracts. Additional features include a software development kit (SDK) for staking and rewards, enterprise-grade Validators-as-a-Service, a comprehensive dashboard for tracking programs, a decentralized application (dApp) for easy ETH (re)staking, and open-source contributions.

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Kiln supports a variety of staking protocols including Aleo, Aptos, Atom, Avalanche, Babylon, Berachain, Botanix, Cardano, Core Chain, dYdX, Dymension, Ethereum, Celestia Cronos EigenLayer Evmos Injective Fantom Fetch Flare Harmony Flow Kava Kusama MultiversX Near Oasis Osmosis OKX Polkadot Polygon RSS3 Sei Solana Stacks Sui Tezos The Graph Threshold Ton Tron ZetaChain.

Kiln's mission is to simplify access to blockchain protocols enabling users to earn rewards by securing networks and participating in protocol consensuses with their cryptocurrencies. The company focuses on providing a seamless staking experience across multiple networks emphasizing technical excellence innovation trust transparency and prioritizing the well-being of both its team and clients.

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