Despite the latest market revitalization, these crypto companies have released more employees
Despite the latest market revitalization, these crypto companies have released more employees
The persistent Baisse reduced the interest in cryptocurrencies and disabled the business activity of numerous industry actors. Some leading stock exchanges, including Coinbase, Crypto.com, Bybit and octopus, have released part of their workforce in order to cope with the challenging times.
The trend seems to be similar at the beginning of the new year despite the latest market revitalization, since Gemini, Blockchain.com, Coinbase and many others announce a new wave of layoffs.
The wave of termination continues
Thousands of people lost their workplace due to the unfavorable macroeconomic conditions, while the FTX crash and the subsequent domino effect apparently triggered further layoffs. Here is a list of crypto companies that have reduced the size of their teams between the beginning of November and now.
The Argentine Stock Exchange Lemon Cash cut from around 38 % of his staff, which corresponds to around 100 people. CEO Cavazzoli assured that the changes were not related to the collapse of FTX and admitted that the company had a "tiny" commitment to Alameda Research.
The Mexican cryptoplatt form Bitso release at the end of November. This was the second round of discharge of the company, in which 80 people were previously released.
The octopus-based octopus also added its name to the list, reduce
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gate.io -a trading center based on the quays and huobi did not have the best start to the new year and released almost 50 % or 20 %.
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The other trading platforms that recently reduced the size of their teams are Coindcx Zwillings (10 %) and luna other industry players
The offer not only includes digital asset Exchanges, but also companies that offer different types of services. Such an example is the investment company Paradigm geared towards cryptocurrencies. Es reduced Salaries instead of layoffs.
The MultiChain network, which supports Web3 applications-Octopus Network- Disprediated Slitzt 30 % in early 2023, while the company for blockchain software technology-Consensys- took the "extremely difficult decision" to have to release 96 of its employees.
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Some layoffs until the collapse of ftx
The first wave of discharge began at the beginning of the second quarter of last year (simultaneously with the effects of terra and the subsequent market decline). BITMEX fired then and another 30 % months later.
The Argentinian platform Buenbit 45 % in May in an attempt to redesign its business strategy during the global currency crisis.
In June, many companies also reduced their teams, including Coinbase, Crypto.com, twins Banxa Wald, 2TM and bitoasis are some examples.
open sea Coinflex, Core Scientific, wazirx nydig , dapper labs FTX crash.
Binance sets a
Contrary to countless job cuts, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange-Binance-expansion plans. CEO Changpeng Zhao (Cz) Insured In June last year that the company had a "healthy war treasury" and argues that the bear market is an excellent time to hire more personnel.
He doubled this month that spaserver-spaces = "true"> revealing binance by up to 30 %. The Chinese-Canadian manager said the team grown to 8,000 in 2022 (from around 3,000 at the beginning of the year). .