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Crypto Job Postings Jumped 395% in 2021: LinkedIn
The top cities for listings were San Francisco, Austin, New York City, Miami and Denver.
By Nelson Wang
Updated May 11, 2023, 5:52 p.m. Published Jan 14, 2022, 10:27 p.m.
Job listings for crypto-related positions increased by almost five times in 2021 compared to a year earlier, according to a recent study by LinkedIn.
- Postings with titles containing terms such as “bitcoin,” “ethereum,” “blockchain” and “cryptocurrency” grew 395% in the U.S. from 2020 to 2021, according to the study. That was significantly higher than the 95% increase in job listings in the broader tech industry over the same time period.
- Most of the postings were for software and finance positions, but LinkedIn also noted a rise in demand for people in professional services such as accounting and consulting, as well as in staffing and computer hardware.
- Some of the most common job titles were for blockchain developers and engineers.
- The San Francisco Bay area, Austin in Texas, New York City, Miami-Fort Lauderdale and Denver were the areas that had the most crypto job postings in 2021, LinkedIn told MarketWatch.
- In 2020, the five areas with the most crypto job listings were the San Francisco Bay Area, New York City, the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area in North Carolina, Greater Philadelphia and Los Angeles.
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- GoPlus Intelligence's Token Security API averaged 717 million monthly calls year-to-date in 2025 , with a peak of nearly 1 billion calls in February 2025. Total blockchain-level requests, including transaction simulations, averaged an additional 350 million per month.
- Since its January 2025 launch , the $GPS token has registered over $5B in total spot volume and $10B in derivatives volume in 2025. Monthly spot volume peaked in March 2025 at over $1.1B , while derivatives volume peaked the same month at over $4B.
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The recommendation is in line with other global asset managers like BlackRock and Bank of America suggesting small portfolio allocations to the largest cryptocurrency.
What to know:
- Itaú Asset Management recommends Brazilian investors allocate 1-3% of portfolios to bitcoin for diversification, citing its low correlation with traditional assets.
- The recommendation is a measured approach, suggesting a small, steady exposure to bitcoin as a complementary asset.
- In a year-end analyst’s note, the firm called for a disciplined, long-term mindset, warning against market timing and suggesting that a small allocation can act as a partial hedge and offer access to global returns.
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