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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...
Ethics Watchdog Bars US Government Employees From Writing Crypto Policy if Invested
6.7.2022
U.S. officials who are personally invested in cryptocurrencies are now disqualified from working on crypto-related policy and regulation that could impact the value of their assets
Cosmos-Builder Ignite Cuts Headcount by More Than 50%, Ex-Employees Say
2.7.2022
The reductions come amid a crypto market crash, and after the return of Ignite’s controversial ex-CEO
Tensions Rise At Bethesda As Employees Pressure Company On Abortion Measures
1.7.2022
In the wake of Roe v. Wade being struck down last week, many employees at Skyrim maker Bethesda Game Studios and its parent company ZeniMax Media have grown increasingly frustrated by what they see as their employer’s unwillingness to clearly support employees’ access to reproductive healthcare....
LBank Exchange Continues to Hire Amid the Massive Crypto Job Cuts
23.6.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Cryptocurrency exchange LBank has continued to hire more crypto and blockchain talents as well as interns for its global offices. Against the backdrop of extreme volatility in the crypto market and investors dumping risky assets, as well as certain crypto firms laying off employees...
Study: Today’s Metaverse Still Not Suited for Remote Work
21.6.2022
A study released earlier this month has found that working in the metaverse with the tools available today might decrease the productivity of employees, and also increase their frustration and anxiety related to remote work. 11% of the participants in the study felt so much discomfort that they...
South Korean prosecutors ban Terra employees from exiting the country: report
20.6.2022
Employees of Terra have reportedly been prohibited to exit South Korea as investigations by the prosecutors continue