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South Korean prosecutors apply to revoke Do Kwon and other Terra employees' passports
15.9.2022
Singapore, where Terra co-founder Do Kwon is currently staying, does not have an extradition treaty with South Korea
SEC Sues 'Chicago Crypto Capital,' Employees for Illegally Selling BXY Tokens
14.9.2022
Chicago Crypto Capital (CCC), its owner, and two salesmen are being prosecuted for their illegal sale of BXY tokens to investors from August 2018 to September 2019
GameStop Rewards Employees For Sticking Around With 50-Cent Raise
14.9.2022
Last month, GameStop announced new stock bonuses for store managers and hourly raises for other employees. It seemed like some relief was finally coming for the staff, who have been through so much these last few years, all while watching investors profit off unprecedented meme stock hijinks. Over...
Starbucks Leverages Polygon for Web3 Push, Coffeehouse Chain to Issue NFT Stamps
12.9.2022
On September 12, the multinational chain of coffeehouses, Starbucks, announced the firm has partnered with the blockchain project Polygon and unveiled the company’s Web3 technology called Starbucks Odyssey. The Web3 platform Starbucks Odyssey will provide Starbucks rewards members and...
Crypto ATM Company Bitbase Prepares to Open Operations in Venezuela This Year
29.8.2022
Bitbase, a cryptocurrency store and ATM company headquartered in Spain is preparing to open operations in Venezuela this year. The company is now looking for employees for the stores and crypto ATMs that will be opened. Bitbase would be one of the first international exchanges to open an office...
US court gives Voyager green light to pay bonuses to key employees
25.8.2022
Voyager Digital will pay $1.9 million in retention bonuses to key staff members to ensure the beleaguered cryptocurrency lender can continue operating through bankruptcy proceedings
GameStop Will Start Paying Some Employees With Meme Stock
25.8.2022
GameStop, a very coherent and logical company that sells physical video games but also fluffy toys, worthless NFTs and the promise of a get-rich-quick scheme, just announced an “improved compensation” scheme for the most senior employees of its bricks-and-mortar video game stores.Read more
Crypto Lender Voyager Can Pay Employees 'Retention' Bonuses, US Judge Rules
24.8.2022
Judge Michael Wiles also agreed to withhold the names and titles of the employees who may receive the bonuses
Voyager's Creditors Say 'No' to the Lender's 'Retention' Bonuses for Employees
22.8.2022
Creditors of the troubled crypto lender Voyager Digital have objected to the company's motion to pay employees "retention awards," saying that it should instead lower "headcount" to decrease costs.
The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, a group of Voyager customers, said in a recent legal...
Fake employees and social attacks: Crypto recruiting is a minefield
19.8.2022
Hodlnaut cuts 80% of staff, applies for Singapore judicial management
19.8.2022
Embattled cryptocurrency lending platform Hodlnaut cuts staff ahead of application for judicial management
Only 50 or so profiles out of 7,000 Binance employees on LinkedIn are real, says CZ
15.8.2022
LinkedIn crypto scams typically start off with unsolicited token listing offers from LinkedIn users claiming to be from reputable crypto exchanges
BlueBenx fires employees, halts funds withdrawal citing $32M hack
14.8.2022
BlueBenx’s lawyer, Assuramaya Kuthumi, revealed that the attack resulted in the loss of $32 million, which many investors found hard to believe
Business Exec’s Noisy Illegal Ethereum Mining Rigs Left Employees Sweltering in 40°C Furnace
9.8.2022
A South Korean company executive at a major business group operated Ethereum (ETH) mining rigs “non-stop for three years” – using illegally sourced electricity.
MBN reported that the unnamed executive was a faculty management chief for “one of the five biggest business groups” in the nation. South...
Workers in volatile economies most likely to take pay in crypto: Report
22.7.2022
There has been an increase in employee crypto payments for the first half of this year despite the market crash, according to Deel
Vietnam’s Blockchain Industry Faces Shortage of Talent
17.7.2022
The booming blockchain sector in Vietnam is having to deal with a serious deficit in specialists, local media revealed. Despite the large number of software engineers in the country, those with blockchain expertise meet less than a fifth of the current demand, with businesses already looking...
Celsius is bankrupt with $1.2B balance sheet hole, Su Zhu returns to Twitter and OpenSea purges 20% of employees: Hodler’s Digest, July 10-16
16.7.2022
NYDIG to Provide the New York Yankees With Bitcoin Payroll Services
14.7.2022
On July 14, 2022, the bitcoin company NYDIG, a subsidiary of Stone Ridge, announced that the firm inked a multi-year deal with the Major League Baseball (MLB) team the New York Yankees. According to the partnership announcement, NYDIG will be the professional baseball team’s “official...
Why Coinbase is banning slide decks and 'endless meetings'
13.7.2022
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is looking for enhanced efficiency from its internal teams, noting that rapidly growing firms often become complacent and slow
Nvidia's Silence On Abortion Rights Troubles Many Employees
7.7.2022
Ever since the Supreme Court announced that Roe v. Wade was no longer the law of the land, Americans have started turning to a different institution to protect their lives: their employer. The tech and games industry is no different. Staff at Nvidia, which is headquartered in Silicon Valley but...