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Finance

Citigroup Furthers Crypto Push With Two Digital-Asset Hires

Wall Street continues to fill for digital-asset roles despite the lingering crypto bear market.

(Sophie Backes, Unsplash)

Policy

Crypto Becomes Next Financial Sector Under US Lawmakers’ Diversity Lens

Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee are asking for more information about hiring from digital-assets firms.

Tyler Winklevoss and Cameron Winklevoss, creators of crypto exchange Gemini Trust Co. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Crypto Companies Struggle With Layoffs, but Some See Opportunity to Add Talent; BTC, ETH Soar After Fed Rate Hike

The bear market has forced multiple organizations to cut their workforces, hurting morale and weakening the companies.

Crypto companies have been cutting jobs. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Finance

Compass Mining Cuts 15% of Staff, Lowers Executive Compensation

The bitcoin mining company said it's reassessing its priorities after growing too quickly.

Compass Mining sign at Bitcoin Miami 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Finance

Bit2Me to Double Headcount, Make Three Acquisitions

The CEO of the Spanish crypto exchange said now is the time to build.

Bit2Me CEO, Leif Ferreira. (Bit2Me)

Layer 2

OKX to Increase Staff by 30% Despite Market Downturn

The crypto exchange wants to have 5,000 employees.

“We are mostly focused on increasing our headcount in product and tech,” Lennix Lai, director of financial markets at OKX, said on CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover” program. (CoinDesk TV, modified)

Finance

Fintech Firm PolySign Raises $53M to Expand Staff

The funding round follows the firm’s acquisition of fund administrator MG Stover in April.

PolySign plans to increase its headcount by 20% to 30%. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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Finance

Uniswap Labs Hires Former NYSE President to Be Adviser

Stacey Cunningham was the stock exchange's first female president.

Former New York Stock Exchange President Stacey Cunningham (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)

Finance

Paradigm Hires Romney Presidential Campaign Alum as Legal Head

Katie Biber, who will serve as chief legal officer, joins the venture capital firm from financial technology company Brex.

Paradigm has named Katie Biber its new chief legal officer (Paradigm)