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legendary
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Crypto Swap Exchange
December 05, 2022, 08:26:13 AM
#6
The layoffs have been discussed in several other threads and probably have very little to do with how the platform is doing in general.
One of my replies from months ago about it:

There is a difference between 'financial problems' and "the market has changed we don't need you anymore and the even larger profits are down (or negative)" so it's time to reduce headcount. As I posted elsewhere many tech businesses don't do layoffs when they are doing well. It's the keep them around just in case we need them mentality. In this bear market, you can't just keep some people.

I know someone who was just let go from Gemini. As she put it: Now she gets to spend the summer living off her severance package while doing nothing. As opposed to getting her regular paycheck to do nothing. The project her group was working on ended sometime in late 2021 with the deployment in early 2022. For the last 3 months she joked that her job was head youtube video watcher. So them letting those people go was not a surprise to any of them. BUT had this been a bull market they probably would still be there waiting for the next project while watching videos.....

Laying people off may or may not be an indicator of financial issues. But, it's usually not a good one specifically in the tech and financial markets. And lets face it, exchanges are more or less in both of those. They keep people that may or may not be needed just in case, and they do massive hiring to get things done 'yesterday'.

-Dave
legendary
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December 05, 2022, 07:58:12 AM
#5
More platforms will bite the dust?
I have absolutely zero doubt more platforms will go. And not just small ones most people haven't heard of, but some more "big name" ones like BlockFi.

I wouldn't make conclusions based solely off layoffs though, since exchanges tend to earn a lot less in bear markets in the first place — regardless if solvent or insolvent.
This is true, but it does reveal poor business management and poor future planning. Bitcoin is volatile. Everyone knows that. To be running a business based on bitcoin and be so unprepared for bitcoin to be volatile that you have to start firing people suggests to me that you don't really know what you are doing. Certainly not the kind of people I would trust to look after my money for me.

BTW - From my research, Coinbase and USDC are the safest on the market right now.
Your own wallet is the only safe place for your coins right now.
legendary
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December 05, 2022, 06:03:10 AM
#4
There are people in social media that have warned to be cautious with platforms that offer high APY and those platforms that have laid off employees from jobs in their companies.
While high APY is definitely a huge red flag even before everything that has happened in the last six months (are there even any platforms left that offer ~10% like Celsius did ?), I don't think that exchanges laying off people is something to worry about. It even makes sense as crypto businesses (and not just them) tend to hire/lay off based on the market conditions and since we are deep into bear market that may last for a couple years and you have to cut your expenses in order to survive.

Regarding your question in the title, I wouldn't be surprised if some platforms from that list you shared go under. Anyone that still has money on any of the platforms is simply asking for trouble.
sr. member
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December 04, 2022, 10:55:25 PM
#3
Coinbase

From what is shown in this table, Coinbase made statistically the smallest layoffs..  Roll Eyes

BTW - From my research, Coinbase and USDC are the safest on the market right now. But of course everyone can have a different opinion.
mk4
legendary
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Paldo.io 🤖
December 04, 2022, 10:04:08 PM
#2
It's not farfetched to think that there's some platforms that are also insolvent, but just currently not exposed.

I wouldn't make conclusions based solely off layoffs though, since exchanges tend to earn a lot less in bear markets in the first place — regardless if solvent or insolvent.
legendary
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December 04, 2022, 08:45:57 PM
#1
There are people in social media that have warned to be cautious with platforms that offer high APY and those platforms that have laid off employees from jobs in their companies.

Kraken, Coinbase, Crypto.com and Bybit did the biggest layoffs for exchanges this year according to the data in this spreadsheet which was created by Wublockchain.



Source https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1xUELawoXnmkJH2G_M8JIVtRbXI-Q9gB8jkdW4NmYWrI/htmlview
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