Number of employees receiving a salary in BTC increased by 10% in 2021

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A study by recruitment company Deel says there has been a significant increase in the number of people who are paid wholly or partly in cryptocurrencies.

The share of such employees increased last year by about 10%. Moreover, the researchers note that not only actors, athletes, and politicians prefer to switch to bitcoin and other coins.

More and more ordinary employees of companies who express such a desire.

Analysts studied more than 100,000 contracts offered to workers living in 150 countries located in Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

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52% of Latin American contract holders receive all or part of their salary in cryptocurrencies. 34% of these employees live in Africa and the Middle East, and 7% each in North America and the Asia Pacific.

In 63% of contracts, bitcoin is indicated as a cryptocurrency.

Ethereum (ETH), Dash (DASH), Solana (SOL), and USD Coin (USDC) follow in the ranking. The number of vacancies representing the blockchain industry is also growing rapidly in the world.

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In January, LinkedIn published a study stating that the number of such vacancies soared by almost 400% last year.