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According to data from the cryptocurrency recruitment platform CryptoJobsList, the number of job postings by cryptocurrency companies in September increased from 382 in July to 1241, continuing to rise from 886 in August, and surpassing the most active month earlier this year, January, which had 573 postings. The number of companies posting jobs in September rose to 125, up from 107 in July, and briefly dropped to 77 in August.The platform believes that the hiring rebound in September aligns with the seasonal pattern of business normalization following the summer off-peak season in the Northern Hemisphere, but the data indicates that seasonality is not the only reason: the number of job postings in August had already doubled compared to July, and there was no similar surge from August to September in 2025; the most active month that year, October, only had 373 postings, with data from July to September remaining relatively stable.In contrast to the rise in job postings, the number of applications fell from 25,700 in July to 24,631 in August, and further dropped to below 20,000 in September. CryptoJobsList interprets this divergence as an indication of increasing competition for professional talent. Over the past three months, finance has been the largest recruitment category, followed by engineering and trading, with stablecoins, AI, security, and compliance also making it into the top ten; the most commonly requested blockchain skills are Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana.

Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer Alon of Pump.fun stated that the company is hiring a support lead for the Trading Terminal and is recruiting more support positions for the Pump.fun app and launchpad.Alon mentioned that candidates need to be proactive, understand how to provide professional support to users, and be responsive, personally involved, and responsible for end-to-end support work. This position will manage the support team, liaise with VIP partners, and communicate user feedback to engineers. Alon also stated that Pump.fun is simultaneously hiring for junior support positions.

Stablecoin issuer Circle is hiring a "Senior Director, Ecosystem Growth, South Korea" in South Korea, responsible for developing market entry strategies, tracking regulatory dynamics, and establishing partnerships within the domestic financial and digital asset industry.The position requires candidates to have over 13 years of business development experience, familiarity with stablecoins, DeFi, and institutional financial liquidity, and fluency in both Korean and English. Circle previously stated that its strategy in South Korea is not to directly issue a Korean won stablecoin, but to collaborate with local Korean won stablecoin issuers to provide infrastructure connecting to the US dollar stablecoin.

The multi-chain Meme trading terminal GMGN released a recruitment notice on September 23, seeking talent globally, with 8 key positions available.This recruitment focuses on two main areas: product management and research and development. In the product management area, there are three positions: social community, user conversion, and on-chain trading, all based in Hong Kong and requiring full-time commitment. In the research and development area, there are five positions: EVM trading routing engineer, on-chain data development engineer, senior backend development engineer, senior blockchain development engineer (cross-chain direction), and smart contract engineer (Launchpad direction). Resumes should be sent to [email protected] stated that the team is dedicated to building the fastest multi-chain Meme trading terminal in the world, with members being deep on-chain users themselves. Recently, GMGN's perpetual contract trading feature was opened for public testing on September 21 and has supported 7 launch platforms including Pons on the Robinhood Chain.

According to Forbes, a warning jointly issued by multiple agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National Police Agency (NPA) of Japan indicates that the North Korea-linked hacker group WaterPlum (also known as Contagious Interview) will launch attacks on global IT developers from December 2025 to July 2026 by disguising itself as companies in the AI, cryptocurrency, or NFT sectors and offering fake job positions.Attackers contact job seekers on social media and recruitment platforms, luring them into downloading malicious files under the pretext of technical interviews or programming tests. They successfully infected over 30,000 devices, covering more than 100 countries and regions, and stole data from over 7,000 cryptocurrency wallets. Related funds of at least $10.71 million have flowed into wallets controlled by the attackers.

a16z Charts compiled recent data indicating that since January 2025, tech recruitment has shown a clear preference for years of experience, while the requirements for the number of skills have decreased, with a change of about 5% to 10%.The charts show that companies are lowering the weight of skill lists when screening positions, and are instead placing more emphasis on candidates' accumulated experience. This change is related to the skill gaps brought about by AI, which is rewriting the safety and employment landscape.

The venture capital firm a16z's crypto division, a16z crypto, is hiring a Head of Social Media, with a salary range of $199,000 to $232,000.This position is aimed at candidates who are extremely active online, understand crypto and internet culture, can create and deliver content, and can showcase intelligence in a non-corporate or non-awkward manner. Responsibilities cover podcasts, investments, events, editing, memes, short video editing, and social media strategy. This is a remote position, requiring some travel or attendance at offline events.

According to CNA, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) and the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) reported that a cryptocurrency scam involving fake job postings and compromised software systems resulted in losses of $11.8 million.The scam group impersonated cryptocurrency company recruiters on LinkedIn, used forged domain names to send emails, conducted video interviews, and induced victims to download malware on company devices to complete "technical tests," thereby stealing session tokens, bypassing multi-factor authentication, and ultimately transferring cryptocurrency.

According to official news, Bitget C2C has officially launched the merchant ecosystem recruitment. This recruitment adopts a selective and invitation-based model, with dedicated business managers providing one-on-one access. The platform requires that applying merchants must be certified merchants from other platforms and have more than 180 days of industry experience; for senior high-level merchants, a "certificate direct upgrade channel" is open, allowing for direct upgrades to bulk merchants based on relevant certifications and transaction records, enjoying expedited review, 1V1 exclusive connection, and platform traffic exposure support.To accelerate ecosystem construction, Bitget has launched a dual incentive program. New merchants can receive a 100 USDT onboarding reward after completing specified tasks; existing merchants can receive up to 200 USDT referral rewards for each new merchant they successfully refer, with no limit on the number of referrals. The event will last until September 30 at 23:59 (UTC+8). For more details, please refer to the Bitget official platform.

SlowMist announced that a new recruitment scam targeting Web3 practitioners has recently been discovered. Attackers impersonate recruiters, luring victims to install an AI meeting software called "Relay," which is actually an information-stealing malware.This malware targets both macOS and Windows users and can steal sensitive information such as browser credentials, cryptocurrency wallet-related data, Keychain data, Telegram sessions, and more. SlowMist has completed sample analysis and disclosed how this attack chain operates. SlowMist reminds that when participating in online interviews or recruitment processes, one should be cautious about installing unfamiliar software, avoid running unverified applications, and pay attention to unusual installation requests or system password prompts.

According to the Wall Street Journal, after nearly a year of freezing hiring, several large companies in the United States have begun to rehire, with railway giant CSX and Google's parent company Alphabet recently indicating plans to recruit to support growth targets or seize emerging technology opportunities. Over the past year and a half, large employers have generally reduced white-collar positions, partly due to economic uncertainty and partly based on the judgment that reducing staff can lead to faster growth and that AI can take on more work. However, some executives now state that the costs and limitations of AI actually require an increase in personnel.The report states that Booz Allen's Chief Operating Officer Kristine Martin Anderson indicated that the company needs to accelerate hiring, as it cut thousands of positions last year amid a contraction in federal contracts, with a total headcount of about 30,900 as of June 30, a year-on-year decrease of 7.5%. Sarah Franklin, CEO of the HR platform Lattice, stated that many companies had paused hiring for junior positions due to expectations that AI would take over jobs, but now realize that even with programming agents, they still need to hire engineers and are currently re-hiring a large number of junior positions. At the same time, layoffs in the U.S. have slowed, with initial jobless claims recently dropping to the lowest level since 1969.

According to a post by Frank Chaparro, GSR's Director of Strategic Communications, Visa is hiring for a "Sr Director, Stablecoin Labs" position in New York, with a maximum annual salary of $400,900, plus bonuses and equity incentives.The job listing indicates that this position will be responsible for Visa's Web3 and stablecoin product roadmap, exploring new commercialization application scenarios, and participating in the planning of the company's next-generation stablecoin payment products. Frank Chaparro believes this further indicates that stablecoins are becoming a core priority in the global payments sector.

Vanguard Group's recruitment information shows that it is hiring a Head of Digital Assets for its Personal Wealth business. The job requirements include over 10 years of relevant experience, a deep understanding of digital assets (tokenization, stablecoins, custody, settlement, etc.), and the ability to innovate and manage risks within a regulatory environment.This position will be responsible for developing Vanguard's strategy, roadmap, and execution in the digital asset space, including assessing digital asset capabilities, product development, operational models, and cross-functional collaboration with departments such as product, technology, operations, risk, legal, and compliance. Additionally, it will represent Vanguard in external communications with industry participants, regulatory agencies, and clients.It is reported that Vanguard has allowed brokerage clients to trade crypto ETFs and mutual funds since last December, but the company has clearly stated that it has no plans to issue its own crypto investment products, believing that digital assets are still inconsistent with its long-term investment philosophy.

According to the latest report from Tiger Research, as of June 18, 2026, the number of active job openings in the cryptocurrency industry is only 2,932, a significant decrease of over 97% from the estimated peak of about 130,000 in 2022.The report shows that the wave of layoffs in the cryptocurrency industry continues in the first half of 2026. March was the month with the highest concentration of layoffs, with several companies including Gemini, Crypto.com, Algorand, OP Labs, PIP Labs, and Messari announcing layoffs at the same time. Some companies were acquired at low prices after multiple rounds of layoffs; for example, Messari was acquired by Blockworks for about $10 million in June 2026 after experiencing three rounds of layoffs, while its previous valuation had reached $300 million.In terms of recruitment structure, positions in centralized exchanges (CEX) account for the highest proportion, reaching 30.8% (904 positions), mainly contributed by OKX, Bybit, and Binance. The stablecoin and payment sector accounts for 13.4%, but is highly concentrated in two companies, Tether and Ripple.In addition, the demand for AI skills in job postings continues to rise, with the proportion of cryptocurrency job postings mentioning artificial intelligence skills increasing from 23% in early 2025 to 53.1% in March 2026.

WEEX officially launches the global recruitment for "Star Alliance Partners," aiming to recruit content creators, community leaders, KOLs/KOCs, and ecological partners from the Chinese-speaking market to jointly create an open and diverse Web3 collaborative ecosystem. Eligible partners can learn about the program details and submit their application through the pinned posts on the official Chinese social media.

According to Business Insider, Amazon Web Services (AWS) CEO Matt Garman recently stated in an interview that concerns about AI causing mass unemployment are overstated. He believes that AI may change the way half of white-collar workers do their jobs, but just like the widespread adoption of Microsoft Excel, new technologies will reshape work while also creating new job opportunities, rather than directly eliminating positions.In addition, Garman emphasized the important value of entry-level employees in the AI era, believing that they possess a stronger willingness to learn and adaptability. It is reported that Amazon will hire over 11,000 entry-level software development engineers and interns globally this year. Garman added that in the future, companies will find "learning ability" and "adaptability" more critical than the "existing specific skills" of applicants when hiring.

According to official news, YZi Labs announced the launch of the recruitment platform YZi Talent, integrating open positions in Web3, AI, and biotechnology from its portfolio.The first batch of positions includes Backend Chief Engineer at predict.fun, Frontend Staff Engineer, and Founding Business Leader at AgriDynamics Robotics, with more companies set to join in succession.

According to the official announcement, Huobi HTX officially launched the 2026 Global Creator Recruitment Campaign on May 14, inviting external KOLs, community operators, live streamers, and trading experts to join the Huobi HTX creator ecosystem. It offers exclusive benefits such as a 60% permanent invitation commission, 100% return on live stream rewards, and a monthly content mining competition. The first 200 creators who successfully settle in will also receive double traffic support.In addition, from May 14, 0:00 to June 14, 24:00 (UTC+8), the platform will simultaneously launch a new creator invitation trading ranking competition, with a total prize pool of up to 5500 USDT. During the event, newly settled creators will be ranked based on the number of effective new users they invite. If the total trading volume of the invited users reaches the specified threshold during the event, they will receive corresponding rewards, with the champion enjoying a grand prize of 1500 USDT.