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Fidelity snaps up cut price crypto talent amid industry downturn

Asset manager's European digital assets chief says crypto firms cutting back has softened hiring pressure

‘Retention and hiring has become a lot more straightforward’, Chris Tyrer told the Digital Assets Summit London
‘Retention and hiring has become a lot more straightforward’, Chris Tyrer told the Digital Assets Summit London Photo: Luke MacGregor/Getty Images

Fidelity’s European crypto chief Chris Tyrer says the firm is cashing in on this year’s downturn in the digital assets sector by hiring new talent at a cut price rate.

During 2021’s dramatic growth in the crypto market, the asset manager was losing potential new recruits to crypto firms who were “willing and able to pay over the odds.”

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