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Crypto.com, Genesis and Coinbase: The crypto winter has cost more than 4,000 jobs — here’s who’s cutting

Devastating market slump has led to job cuts for at least 17 leading crypto firms

Crypto.com chief executive Kris Marszalek
Crypto.com chief executive Kris Marszalek Photo: Getty Images

Crypto firms are still reeling from a brutal market crash during the second quarter, sparked by the implosion of stablecoin terraUSD and its paired cryptocurrency luna.

Just a few months earlier, finance professionals were flocking from both the City of London and Wall Street to cryptoland. Now, companies have been forced to cut jobs in a bid to trim costs, and even some of the industry’s biggest players, including Coinbase, have been hit hard.

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