{"id":267525,"date":"2022-10-12T15:30:22","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T14:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=267525"},"modified":"2022-10-12T14:47:03","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T13:47:03","slug":"stepn-to-lay-off-over-100-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/stepn-to-lay-off-over-100-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"STEPN to lay off over 100 staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Move-to-earn gaming company STEPN (<a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/stepn\/\">GMT<\/a>) will lay off over 100 of its staff, including MODs and ambassadors, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WuBlockchain\/status\/1580075888850325504\"><em>WuBlockchain<\/em><\/a>, who cited community sources.<\/p>\n<p>STEPN's parent company, Find Satoshi Lab, will also reduce investments in STEPN to focus on promoting itself and upcoming new projects, like the new NFT exchange platform, Find Satoshi Lab is building.\u00a0The majority of GMT simple agreement for future tokens (SAFT) will also be unlocked in March 2023.<\/p>\n<h2>STEPN in trouble<\/h2>\n<p>STEPN pointed at the current bear market as the reason for layoffs. Even though it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nftgators.com\/popular-move-to-earn-game-stepn-begins-staff-layoffs-amid-the-bear-market\/\">announced<\/a> that it received a $112.5 million profit from the platform fees in July, the GMT token has been quite volatile recently.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_267532\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-267532\" style=\"width: 1458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-267532\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/GMTUSD_2022-10-12_14-04-47.png\" alt=\"GMTUSD\" width=\"1458\" height=\"772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/GMTUSD_2022-10-12_14-04-47.png 1458w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/GMTUSD_2022-10-12_14-04-47-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/GMTUSD_2022-10-12_14-04-47-1024x542.png 1024w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/GMTUSD_2022-10-12_14-04-47-768x407.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1458px) 100vw, 1458px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-267532\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>GMT USD<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In May, STEPN <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/stepn-removes-gps-in-china-amid-regulatory-concerns-price-drops-40\/\">announced<\/a> that it would stop its services within mainland China on July 2022 due to regulatory concerns. Upon the announcement, the GMT price fell by 40%.<\/p>\n<p>However, the GMT managed to spike back up three days later and <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/waves-stepn-helium-lead-top-100-crypto-recovery\/\">become<\/a> one of the top three coins leading the crypto recovery. At the time of reporting, STEPN had spiked by 27% in 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>The hype didn't last long, as the GMT token only kept dropping from then on. In June, GMT had <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/is-move-to-earn-dead-stepns-gst-token-tumbles-98-in-2-months\/\">lost<\/a> 98% of its value in the previous two months, sparking the question if move-to-earn was dead.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing, STEPN is traded at $0.63529, with a 0.22% and 2.39% increase in the last 24 hours and seven days, respectively. On the other hand, the price change for the past 30 days indicates a 1.05% decrease.<\/p>\n<p>According to data from Dune Analytics, the STEPN platform recorded 5,058 active users in the past 24 hours and 22,506 active users over the last seven days.<\/p>\n<h2>Firing trend<\/h2>\n<p>Many crypto companies have been laying off staff and choosing to downsize due to the market conditions since the early days of the bear market.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/gemini\/\">Gemini<\/a> was the first company that announced it would lay off <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/gemini-reducing-staff-by-10-to-survive-crypto-winter\/\">10%<\/a> of its staff on June 2 and another <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/gemini-announces-another-15-reduction-in-staff-amid-crypto-winter\/\">15%<\/a> on July 19. <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coinbase-un-hires-new-recruits-due-to-market-conditions\/\">Coinbase<\/a> followed Gemini's first announcement by un-hiring new recruits on June 4. <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/crypto-com-will-fire-260-people-shrinking-by-5\/\">Crypto.com<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2022\/04\/26\/robinhood-to-lay-off-9-of-full-time-employees\/\">Robinhood<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2022\/04\/04\/bitmex-crypto-exchange-lays-off-a-quarter-of-staff-after-failed-acquisition\/\">Bitmex<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/finra-ceo-welcomes-crypto-employees-who-were-laid-off-as-agency-increases-focus-on-digital-assets\/\">BlockFi<\/a> came next, each laying off a portion of their staff that reached up to 25%.<\/p>\n<p>The firing trend spread so much that the U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced that it'd welcome people with crypto knowledge who recently got laid off from a crypto company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Move-to-earn gaming company STEPN (GMT) will lay off over 100 of its staff, including MODs and ambassadors, according to WuBlockchain, who cited community sources. 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