There is quite noteworthy news regarding the Solana ecosystem, especially concerning legal aspects and its position in the US. According to Cointelegraph, the Jito Foundation, a nonprofit organization behind Solana's MEV infrastructure, has announced that it will "return to the US" after a period of operating outside $JTO
Sharing about this decision, the CEO of Jito Labs, Lucas Bruder, stated that the regulatory environment in the US is experiencing significant positive changes for crypto.
Specifically, Jito values highly
The passage of the GENIUS Act
The U.S. Congress is pushing for a legal framework for the crypto market (market structure legislation)
These factors create a feeling that the U.S. is gradually shifting from 'opposing' to 'shaping and managing' crypto, rather than pushing projects overseas as in the previous phase.
This is noteworthy because Jito is not a small project. It is one of the most important pieces of the MEV infrastructure on Solana, directly related to validator revenue, staking, network performance, and end-user experience.
Jito's readiness to return to the U.S. shows that legal risks are no longer as unclear as they were a few years ago. The U.S. itself wants to retain real build value, rather than let it flow to Europe or Asia.
Looking at it more broadly, this is not just Jito's story, but a signal for the entire Crypto infra sector that is gradually being 'legalized' in U.S. policy thinking.
With Solana, the return of core projects like Jito to the U.S. also helps:
increasing trust with organizations
opening up to large capital flows
creating a foundation for future institutional use cases
Not the kind of news that pumps prices, but rather very good fundamental news for the long term, especially for those who follow Solana at a systemic and infrastructural perspective.
