Bitpanda Sacks A Third Of Staff As Crypto Trading Platform Scales Down

Bitpanda Sacks A Third Of Staff As Crypto Trading Platform Scales Down

Bitpanda, an Austria-headquartered cryptocurrency trading platform, revealed in a blog post on Saturday that it is reducing its employees to maintain sustainability. As crypto winter starts, Web3 companies are in the uncomfortable situation of laying off employees. During a corporate call early Saturday morning, Bitpanda disclosed a desired workforce of 730, or 34% of its current […]


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