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CryptoJob IndexThe daily price of hiring demand. 1,000 is baseline, under 1,100 is soft, 1,250+ runs hot.
1,284▲ +3.2%7D
Index levelLIVE · 08:00 UTC
1,284
▲ +3.2%
this week
Open roles8,412▲ +412 7D
Companies hiring1,940▲ +6.1% 7D
Median time-to-hire31d▼ −2.0d 7D
YTD▲ +18.4%
What moved the index this week
Open-role velocityWEIGHT 45%▲ +4.1%

412 net new postings, concentrated in Infra and ZK.

Salary movementWEIGHT 30%▲ +2.2%

Median band up $4K, driven by the ZK premium.

Ecosystem capitalWEIGHT 25%▼ −0.8%

Two large raises slipped out of the 8-week window.

NET EFFECT ▲ +3.2% · 1,244 → 1,284
AUGUST 2026
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Saturday 29 August

No events logged

Nothing scheduled on this day

Quiet days are information too: no raises now means softer posting volume in four to eight weeks.

Changpeng Zhao
Binance · BNB Chain
01
$60.7B▼ −$434M −0.7%

Runs the biggest exchange without running it - barred from management by the 2023 settlement, still the largest single holder of BNB.

ExchangeOpen profile →
Giancarlo Devasini
Tether
02
$22.8B▼ −$42M −0.2%

Plastic surgeon, then electronics trader, then chairman of the most profitable company per employee in finance. Gives roughly one interview a decade.

StablecoinOpen profile →
Brian Armstrong
Coinbase
03
$13.3B▼ −$696M −5.2%

The only founder here who took a crypto exchange public on Nasdaq, and the only one who brings it up unprompted.

ExchangeOpen profile →
04
Chris Larsen
Ripple
$9.8B
▼ −$105M −1.1%
05
Justin Sun
Tron
$8.9B
▼ −$39M −0.4%
06
Song Chi-hyung
Dunamu · Upbit
$7.9B
▲ +$0M +0.0%
07
Jihan Wu
Bitmain
$4.1B
▼ −$23M −0.6%
08
Micree Zhan
Bitmain
$3.5B
▲ +$0M +0.0%
09
Fred Ehrsam
Paradigm · Coinbase
$3.3B
▼ −$123M −3.8%
10
Jed McCaleb
Stellar
$3.3B
▼ −$25M −0.8%
11
Barry Silbert
Digital Currency Group
$3.2B
▼ −$14M −0.4%
12
Tyler Winklevoss
Gemini
$3.1B
▼ −$100M −3.2%
13
Cameron Winklevoss
Gemini
$3.1B
▼ −$100M −3.2%
14
Mike Novogratz
Galaxy Digital
$2.6B
▼ −$134M −5.1%
15
Kris Marszalek
Crypto.com
$2.6B
▼ −$15M −0.6%
16
Jesse Powell
Kraken
$2.5B
▼ −$14M −0.6%
17
Devin Finzer
OpenSea
$2.3B
▼ −$10M −0.5%
18
Joseph Lubin
ConsenSys
$2.1B
▼ −$16M −0.8%
19
Alex Atallah
OpenSea
$1.8B
▼ −$8M −0.4%
20
Vitalik Buterin
Ethereum
$1.5B
▼ −$26M −1.7%
21
Anatoly Yakovenko
Solana
$1.2B
▼ −$7M −0.6%
Skill
Demand Δ
Trend
Median band
Open roles
01ZKZK / CircomZK
▲ +11.7% 7D
$190K - $280K
146
›
Open roles · 30D▲ +34.8% 30D
Posted 7D
38
Time-to-hire
44d
Top hirer
Nimbus Rollup
02ANSolana / AnchorPROTOCOL
▲ +9.6% 7D
$165K - $235K
203
›
Open roles · 30D▲ +21.3% 30D
Posted 7D
64
Time-to-hire
35d
Top hirer
Sable Labs
03MVMovePROTOCOL
▲ +8.9% 7D
$175K - $250K
88
›
Open roles · 30D▲ +26.1% 30D
Posted 7D
21
Time-to-hire
47d
Top hirer
Sable Labs
04AUSmart Contract AuditSECURITY
▲ +7.8% 7D
$200K - $300K
174
›
Open roles · 30D▲ +22.4% 30D
Posted 7D
42
Time-to-hire
41d
Top hirer
Ferrous Security
05RSRustPROTOCOL
▲ +6.4% 7D
$170K - $240K
412
›
Open roles · 30D▲ +18.2% 30D
Posted 7D
86
Time-to-hire
38d
Top hirer
Aetherwork
06CRCairoZK
▲ +5.2% 7D
$185K - $265K
62
›
Open roles · 30D▲ +15.6% 30D
Posted 7D
16
Time-to-hire
52d
Top hirer
Nimbus Rollup
07PDProduct DesignDESIGN
▲ +4.3% 7D
$130K - $185K
241
›
Open roles · 30D▲ +11.2% 30D
Posted 7D
58
Time-to-hire
27d
Top hirer
Coinbridge
08IXSubgraph / IndexingDATA
▲ +3.1% 7D
$150K - $205K
118
›
Open roles · 30D▼ −4.2% 30D
Posted 7D
27
Time-to-hire
31d
Top hirer
Halcyon Node
09SOLSolidityPROTOCOL
▲ +2.1% 7D
$160K - $225K
508
›
Open roles · 30D▲ +9.4% 30D
Posted 7D
104
Time-to-hire
29d
Top hirer
Verdant Finance
10TSTypeScriptFRONTEND
▲ +1.2% 7D
$140K - $195K
963
›
Open roles · 30D▲ +4.6% 30D
Posted 7D
188
Time-to-hire
24d
Top hirer
Coinbridge
11PRProtocol ResearchDATA
▼ −1.8% 7D
$180K - $260K
96
›
Open roles · 30D▲ +6.9% 30D
Posted 7D
19
Time-to-hire
58d
Top hirer
Meridian Research
12GOGoINFRA
▼ −3.6% 7D
$155K - $215K
377
›
Open roles · 30D▲ +2.8% 30D
Posted 7D
51
Time-to-hire
33d
Top hirer
Halcyon Node
CRYPTOJOB · SKILL BOARD · 7D12 SKILLS · 1,940 TRACKED EMPLOYERS
01
Aetherwork
INFRA · 240 FTE
34
ROLES
▲ +12 7D
02
Nimbus Rollup
ZK · 82 FTE
28
ROLES
▲ +9 7D
03
Verdant Finance
DEFI · 41 FTE
21
ROLES
▲ +6 7D
04
Helix Labs
AI×CRYPTO · 68 FTE
19
ROLES
▲ +17 7D
05
Coinbridge
CONSUMER · 410 FTE
16
ROLES
▼ −4 7D
06
Ferrous Security
SECURITY · 29 FTE
14
ROLES
▲ +8 7D
07
Sable Labs
PROTOCOL · 55 FTE
11
ROLES
▼ −2 7D
W22
W23
W24
W25
W26
W27
DeFi
+1
+2
±0
+2
+3
+2
Infra
+2
+2
+3
+3
+2
+3
RWA
±0
+1
+1
+2
+3
+3
Gaming
−1
−2
−1
±0
−1
−2
AI×Crypto
+2
+3
+3
+3
+3
+3
Security
+1
+1
+2
+1
+2
+2
Consumer
±0
−1
±0
+1
±0
−1
Momentum
−8
−4
0
+4
+8
+12