Demand for specialists in the crypto space saw significant growth. From 2020 to 2021, job postings in the USA that include terms like "BTC", "Ether", "blockchain", "crypto" increased 395%. The broader tech sector saw a 98% surge during the same interval.
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It was mentioned in the analysis issued by LinkedIn that a great number of large tech companies and financial institutions, including Meta, Twitter, Amazon, JP Morgan, Fidelity, and others have published crypto-related job announcements.
Although the main industries searching for crypto talent were software and finance, other sectors including accounting, consulting, staffing and computer hardware also need experts in crypto.
Linkedin noted that the most common titles of job posts were blockchain developers and engineers.Last year also was a record one by the investments in crypto startups, which attracted around $30 bln as per data from analysis company PitchBook. Currently, the global crypto market cap stands at over $2 trillion.