Kendrick Meek joins Lumia as public policy advisor

Former U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek is joining Lumia’s advisory board to help guide U.S. policy as tokenized real-world assets move from testing to broader adoption. The move adds another political and financial-policy voice to Lumia’s push to build regulated infrastructure for onchain markets. Why it matters: - Tokenized real-world assets are moving from experimentation to implementation, and Lumia wants policy guidance that can help the market scale inside regulated finance. - Kendrick Meek brings legislative, financial policy, international affairs and community development experience to a sector that depends on credibility, compliance and public trust. - Lumia’s U.S. strategy already includes David McIntosh and Tim Ryan, and Meek adds a perspective centered on financial access and digital asset policy. What happened: - Former U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek is joining Lumia’s advisory board as a public policy advisor. - The appointment was announced June 18, 2026. - Meek represented Florida’s 17th Congressional District in the U.S. House from 2003 to 2011 after serving in both chambers of the Florida Legislature. The details: - Meek’s congressional work included assignments on Ways and Means, Armed Services and Homeland Security. - His public career focused on economic opportunity, public safety, education and community development. - Meek’s role in the NATO Parliamentary Assembly gave him experience with cross-border policymaking and allied-government cooperation. - His leadership with the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation connected his work to economic access and community-centered systems. - Meek joined the Coinbase Global Advisory Council in 2024 and publicly backed digital assets as a way to support a more inclusive financial system while protecting vulnerable communities. - Lumia said it is building infrastructure for real-world assets onchain that improves issuance, management, reporting, settlement and liquidity connectivity. - In the U.S., Lumia says that infrastructure must be built around governance, disclosures, policy alignment, auditability and frameworks regulators and institutions can understand. - Meek’s advisory role will support Lumia’s U.S. strategy on policy positioning, education and institutional engagement. - Lumia says it is aiming to address liquidity, disclosure, compliance and asset-standard challenges through infrastructure. - Meek said digital assets should expand access, strengthen transparency and help markets work for more Americans, while Lumia is building infrastructure to bring tokenized assets into the mainstream responsibly. Between the lines: - Lumia is signaling that tokenized asset adoption will be shaped as much by policy and market structure as by technology. - Adding a former member of Congress may help the company speak the language of regulators, institutions and community stakeholders. - The hire also suggests Lumia is positioning itself for a more regulated phase of the RWA market, where trust and operating standards may matter as much as product design. What’s next: - Lumia’s U.S. policy efforts will likely lean on Meek’s relationships and experience as the company expands its footprint. - The company will continue pushing for infrastructure that can support tokenized markets at institutional scale. - Broader adoption will depend on whether regulators and institutions accept the governance, disclosure and compliance framework around these assets. The bottom line: - Lumia is betting that public policy expertise will be a key advantage as tokenized real-world assets move closer to mainstream finance.