Matrixport slutter sig til voksende liste over krypto- og blockchain-virksomheder, der lader medarbejdere gå

The crypto firm Matrixport, led by former Bitmain CEO Jihan Wu, is laying off 10% of the company’s staff, according to reports published on Friday. Matrixport’s COO, Cynthia Wu, cited a “shift in the regulatory climate” and “industry-wide capitulations” as reasons for the layoffs.

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Matrixport Lays Off 10% of Staff as Crypto Winter Continues

Jihan Wu’s Matrixport is letting go of 10% of the firm’s employees, according to multiple reports on Jan. 27, 2023. Bloomberg detaljer that unnamed sources say the company’s head of business development and investor relations has left. The news follows another Bloomberg report, published in Nov. 2022, that said Matrixport was seeking $100 million in financing from investors.

Dengang, virksomheden fortalte the publication it was engaging with investors. In addition to sources from Bloomberg on Friday, the company’s COO, Cynthia Wu, confirmed to Coindesk’s Omkar Godbole that the 10% cut in staff mainly stemmed from Matrixport’s marketing department.

“We’ve sharpened our strategic focus towards accredited investors given the significant shift in the regulatory climate following the industry-wide capitulations. Our teams have been aligned to reflect this change,” Wu told Godbole. “We continue to hire in the areas of compliance, gyldige, and product development, with reductions in marketing impacting 10% of our headcount.”

Matrixport’s layoffs amid the crypto winter are among the many cryptocurrency and blockchain companies letting employees go. For nylig, Huobi efter sigende let go 20% of its employees, og kilder detailed this week that Gemini is letting go 10% of the exchange’s staff.

Møntbase reduced its headcount by 950 employees at the beginning of the year and Superrare cut 30% of staff around the same time. Derudover, thousands of crypto employees were let go during the last three quarters of 2022. Corporate giants like Meta, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon have also let go large numbers of employees in recent times.

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Jamie Redman

Jamie Redman er nyhedschef hos Bitcoin-Tidings.com News og en finansteknologisk journalist, der bor i Florida. Redman har været et aktivt medlem af cryptocurrency-fællesskabet siden 2011. Han har en passion for Bitcoin, åben kildekode, og decentrale applikationer. Siden september 2015, Redman har skrevet mere end 6,000 artikler til Bitcoin-Tidings.com Nyheder om de forstyrrende protokoller, der dukker op i dag.




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