The NEAR Foundation has announced the return of Illia Polosukhin, co-founder of NEAR protocol, to the NEAR Foundation Council (NFC) as part of a rotation on the foundation's fourth anniversary. Diogo Mónica, Founder and President of Anchorage Digital, is appointed as the new Chair of NFC. Richard Muirhead and Sheila Warren will remain on the NFC, while Mona El Isa, Marieke Flament, and Jason Warner have stepped down. The NEAR ecosystem's next phase will be unveiled at NEARCON in Lisbon from November 7-10, with Diogo expressing excitement about supporting the evolution of the NEAR ecosystem and its Open Web journey. Tickets for NEARCON are available for $99 at nearcon.org. #News #NMN