In 2021, the number of vacancies related to the cryptocurrency industry in the US increased by 395%. Such data leads social network for finding and establishing business contacts LinkedIn.
The sample included ads containing the words “bitcoin”, “ethereum”, “blockchain” and “cryptocurrency”. At the same time, the number of vacancies in the technology sector increased by 98% over the year.
LinkedIn noticed that while most jobs were posted by companies specializing in software and finance, interest in crypto-related candidates was also shown in other areas. We are talking about consulting, accounting, hardware and recruiting.
In March 2021, JPMorgan opened 56 blockchain jobs. Some of them are related to the JPM Coin stablecoin.
In September, the international rating agency Moody’s Investors Service announced a competition for the position of an analyst in the field of digital assets and DeFi. $1.4 trillion asset manager Franklin Templeton has posted jobs related to cryptocurrencies – an analyst and a trader.
Recall that in January 2022, Block (formerly Square) by Jack Dorsey began recruiting for teams to develop a “next generation” ASIC miner and a hardware wallet “for the next 100 million bitcoin users.”