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Finance

USDC Issuer Circle Cuts 'Less Than 6%' of Jobs Following Operations Review

The job cuts amount to about 50 people, based on June employment numbers.

Circle Chief Strategy Officer Dante Disparte (left) and CEO Jeremy Allaire (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

Consensys Cuts 20% Workforce, Blames SEC’s ‘Abuse Of Power’

The main supporter of the Ethereum network has been in an ongoing battle with the Securities and Exchange Commission who most recently alleged the company of operating as an unregistered broker.

Joe Lubin, founder and CEO of Consensys, discusses Ethereum's political prospects. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk/Suzanne Cordiero)

Finance

Matter Labs Restructures to Meet Changing Demands, Lays Off 16% of Team

The developer of Ethereum layer-2 protocol ZKsync said builders using the protocol now need a "different type of technology and support."

Matter Labs CEO Alex Gluchowski (Margaux Nijkerk/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Custody Firm Ledger Cuts 12% of Staff

The company cited macroeconomic headwinds limiting the company's ability to drive revenue as a reason for the cuts.

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Policy

Chia Network Lays Off Third of Its Staff as Loss of Banker Delayed Going Public

Chia fired 26 of its 70 employees as it continues its pitch to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on going public and is weighing first-ever sales of some of its tokens.

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Web3

Fortnite Developer Epic Games Lays Off 16% of Staff Following Metaverse-Inspired Transition

The game's growth is now primarily driven by creator content, meaning lower revenue for Epic as the revenue is more distributed.

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Finance

Indian Crypto Exchange CoinSwitch Cuts Support Team, Citing Market Doldrums

The firm laid off 44 employees from the team, which still has 82 members.

CoinSwitch Kuber COO and co-founder Vimal Sagar (left), co-founder and CTO Govind Soni and co-founder and CEO Ashish Singhal. (CoinSwitch Kuber)

Finance

Struggling Crypto Custodian Prime Trust Looks Poised for Potentially Massive Layoffs, Sources Say

Nevada regulators recently ordered the crypto company, which BitGo had planned to buy, to cease operations and noted a shortfall in customer funds.

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Web3

NFT Now Cuts Jobs in Restructuring Move

Alejandro Navia, President of NFT Now, tweeted that the Web3 publication had “over-hired.” Meanwhile, another founder of NFT Now had his Twitter account hacked over the weekend.

(Ian Suarez/CoinDesk)

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