LinkedIn reports crypto and blockchain job listings have surged 615% since Au...

LinkedIn reports crypto and blockchain job listings have surged 615% since Au...

The team said that financial services firms were expected to hire more than three times as many staff with experience in digital assets than in 2015. Online employment-oriented platform LinkedIn has reported demand for employees with experience in crypto or blockchain is on the rise across many companies.According to a Wednesday report from LinkedIn editor Devin Banerjee, data from the platform’s Economic Graph team shows job postings in the United States that included terms like “blockchain” or “crypto” grew 615% compared to those in August 2020. The data shows that while many jobs with....


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