How the crypto workforce changed in the pandemic
The pandemic has put hundreds of thousands of businesses out of action, saw others fold and decimated great swathes of the economy.But, crypto thrived in this distributed environment. As the world clamped down and everyone was forced to decentralize, the crypto world shone.Perhaps crypto, born of a crisis, is most at home in one. Working from home is where we all have spent most of this crisis.Gaurang Tovekar is the CEO and co-founder at Indorse, a blockchain-powered enterprise SaaS platform. He says the company was perfectly placed to ride out the upheaval as the entire team has never....
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