Exchanges major digital assets Crypto.com is employing 1,400 people, the latest hint of a brighter employment picture in the sector. Since November, the wallet company has hired 700 more staff and aims to hire 500 more customer support workers and 200 corporate workers, according to CEO Kris Marszalek.
Crypto.com reduced a quarter of its workers in early 2023 to slash costs after a market crash that killed scores of digital-asset companies. After tokens like Bitcoin rose, the firm hired again. Rivals Coinbase Global Inc., Kraken, Binance, and Gemini have also hired.
Marszalek told Bloomberg News on Tuesday that he wants to quadruple registered users from 80 million. He said growth-supporting hiring will happen “slowly, thoughtfully, and strategically.” “We've learned that increasing headcount didn't move us faster.”
Marszalek told Bloomberg TV that Bitcoin selling may increase as the halving date approaches, but the event will boost the price of the largest digital currency in the long run. Halving Bitcoin supply is likely around April 20. Since Bitcoin achieved a record high in mid-March, it's unlikely to reoccur as a tailwind for prices.
“As we approach this date there may be some selling coming up” owing to buy-the-rumor, sell-the-news trade, Marszalek said on TV. The halving will make a “substantial difference” over time and be a “positive development for the market,” he said.
Bitcoin was unchanged at $63,260 in London at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Inflows into three-month-old US spot-Bitcoin exchange-traded funds helped the cryptocurrency reach a record $73,798 last month. “I expect pretty decent action within the six months following the Bitcoin halving,” Marszalek remarked.
Miners will earn 450 Bitcoin per day for validating transactions, down from 900. Miners use fast computers to solve mathematical riddles for the reward.
Crypto.com traded $1.5 billion in the past 24 hours, according to CoinGecko. Marszalek noted that half its users are in the US, a third in Europe and the UK, and 10% in Asia. The US accounts for 50% of corporate revenue. Marszalek said the company will start serving South Korean retail clients later this month as their long-term goal.
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