Companies and protocols opening roles right now. Funding-driven hiring surges, new office openings, and which sectors are scaling teams.https://news.cryptogrind.com/en-ushttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/2026-05-21-wallet-engineer-salary-2026/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/2026-05-21-wallet-engineer-salary-2026/Discover Wallet Engineer salaries in 2026, ranging from $110K to $250K. See what crypto protocols are paying for this crucial role.Thu, 21 May 2026 10:00:00 GMTcareerssalariesjobsblockchainwallet engineerhttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/2026-05-21-weekly-roundup/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/2026-05-21-weekly-roundup/Crypto chaos: Web3 salaries plummet 75%, $657M vanished in a tweet, 9,000 ATMs dark.Thu, 21 May 2026 10:00:00 GMTweekly-roundupWeb3crypto-jobshackersregulationhttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/web3-salary-crash-75-percent-138k/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/web3-salary-crash-75-percent-138k/New data from Finbold shows the average Web3 salary has hit its lowest point since 2021, with 232 candidates competing for every open role and only 14 developer jobs currently listed globally.Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTjobssalariesweb3hiringmarketbreaking-newshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/kevin-warsh-fed-chair-crypto-holdings-bitcoin/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/kevin-warsh-fed-chair-crypto-holdings-bitcoin/Kevin Warsh just replaced Jerome Powell as Fed Chair on May 15, 2026. He holds Solana, dYdX, Bitcoin Lightning equity, and a stablecoin stake. The most crypto-native person to ever run the Federal Reserve is now in charge of US monetary policy.Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsbitcoinregulationfederal-reservestablecoinsjobshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/clarity-act-senate-committee-passed-kennedy-crypto-law/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/clarity-act-senate-committee-passed-kennedy-crypto-law/Senator Kennedy was the last holdout who could kill the CLARITY Act. Today he voted yes. The most comprehensive crypto market structure bill in US history just cleared the Senate Banking Committee and is headed to the Senate floor.Thu, 14 May 2026 14:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsregulationclarity-actlegislationbitcoinethereumjobshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/trump-china-summit-bitcoin-40-percent-ceo-crypto-delegation/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/trump-china-summit-bitcoin-40-percent-ceo-crypto-delegation/Trump boarded Air Force One to Beijing with Elon Musk, Larry Fink, Jensen Huang, and Tim Cook. Nearly 40% of the 16-CEO delegation has direct crypto exposure. Bitcoin is watching every minute of these talks.Wed, 13 May 2026 08:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsbitcoinregulationinstitutionalgeopoliticsjobshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/senate-clarity-act-309-page-ethics-trump-may-14/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/senate-clarity-act-309-page-ethics-trump-may-14/The most comprehensive crypto regulation in US history goes to a Senate committee vote Thursday. Republicans left out the one clause that would stop senior government officials from personally profiting off the industry they're regulating. Democrats say no ethics, no votes.Tue, 12 May 2026 08:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsregulationclarity-actlegislationstablecoinsdefijobshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitcoin-core-cve-2024-52911-43-percent-nodes-vulnerable/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitcoin-core-cve-2024-52911-43-percent-nodes-vulnerable/Bitcoin Core quietly patched its first-ever memory safety bug in late 2024, disguising the fix as a logging improvement. The vulnerability — now public — let miners remotely crash nodes running versions 0.14.0 through 28.x. Nearly half the network is still exposed.Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsbitcoinsecuritybitcoin-coreinfrastructurejobshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/kraken-600m-reap-occ-charter-banking-empire/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/kraken-600m-reap-occ-charter-banking-empire/Kraken parent Payward acquired Hong Kong stablecoin firm Reap for $600M on May 7, then filed for a federal OCC trust charter on May 8. That's $2.65 billion in acquisitions and a banking license application in a single year. Here's the empire they're building.Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newskrakenregulationstablecoininstitutionalhiringcrypto-careershttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/web3-ai-agent-manager-jobs-53-percent/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/web3-ai-agent-manager-jobs-53-percent/More than half of all Web3 job postings now require AI skills — up from 23% just 12 months ago. The classic individual contributor is being replaced by something new: the AI Agent Manager. Here's what that means for your crypto career.Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsjobsaicrypto-careersweb3hiringhttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/coinbase-700-layoffs-ai-armstrong-every-company/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/coinbase-700-layoffs-ai-armstrong-every-company/Coinbase just cut 14% of its workforce — 700 jobs gone in a single day. CEO Brian Armstrong didn't just explain the layoffs. He warned every company in America that AI is coming for their headcount too.Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newslayoffscoinbaseaijobscrypto-careershttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/hut8-9-billion-ai-pivot-bitcoin-miner-all-time-high/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/hut8-9-billion-ai-pivot-bitcoin-miner-all-time-high/Hut 8 sold its Bitcoin mining rigs to Eric Trump's American Bitcoin, pivoted hard to AI data centers, and just inked a 15-year, $9.8 billion lease in Texas. The stock is up 30% and at an all-time high. The playbook just changed.Wed, 06 May 2026 12:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsbitcoin-miningaihut8data-centersnvidiaeric-trumpjobshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/telegram-ton-takeover-mtonga-durov/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/telegram-ton-takeover-mtonga-durov/Telegram is replacing the TON Foundation, becoming the blockchain's largest validator, and slashing fees sixfold. TON surged 36%. Decentralization theater is officially dead — and the market loves it.Wed, 06 May 2026 08:00:00 GMTbreaking-newstontelegramdurovdefilayer1stakingjobshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/consensus-miami-wall-street-bitcoin-81k/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/consensus-miami-wall-street-bitcoin-81k/Consensus Miami 2026 opened with a jaw-dropper: Wall Street didn't just attend — they sponsored. Institutional attendance doubled to 35% of the crowd, representing $10 trillion in AUM. Bitcoin noticed.Tue, 05 May 2026 10:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsconsensusbitcoininstitutionalwall-streethiringjobshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/2026-04-27-solidity-developer-salary-2026/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/2026-04-27-solidity-developer-salary-2026/Discover Solidity Developer salaries in 2026: $90k-$350k. Get the numbers and insights on what crypto protocols are offering.Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMTcareerssalariesjobssoliditydeveloperhttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/warsh-fed-chair-crypto-defi-senate-hearing/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/warsh-fed-chair-crypto-defi-senate-hearing/Kevin Warsh — Trump's pick to replace Jerome Powell as Fed Chair — heads into his Senate confirmation hearing tomorrow with 30+ crypto investments in his portfolio. Here's what it means for rates, regulation, and the entire industry.Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsregulationfeddefibitcoinjobsinstitutionalhttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/nft-l2-graveyard-mint-myria-shutdown/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/nft-l2-graveyard-mint-myria-shutdown/Mint Blockchain shut down April 17. Myria is pulling the plug on its L2 with an April 27 asset-bridging deadline. They're not alone — 20+ crypto projects went dark in Q1 2026. The NFT-era infrastructure bubble is officially over.Sun, 19 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsdefinftethereumlayer2jobsmarkethttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/kelp-dao-rseth-292m-layerzero-bridge-exploit/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/kelp-dao-rseth-292m-layerzero-bridge-exploit/Kelp DAO's rsETH bridge was drained in minutes after an attacker forged LayerZero cross-chain messages. Bad debt cascaded across Aave, Compound, and Euler. It's 2026's biggest DeFi hack — so far.Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newshackdefilayerzeroaaverestakingsecurityjobshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/kraken-bitnomial-550m-cftc-derivatives-monopoly/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/kraken-bitnomial-550m-cftc-derivatives-monopoly/Payward's acquisition of Bitnomial hands Kraken a decade-long regulatory moat: the only full-stack CFTC-licensed crypto derivatives platform in America. No one else has all three licenses.Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsacquisitionskrakencftcderivativesregulationjobshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/clarity-act-senate-coinbase-flip-3-week-window/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/clarity-act-senate-coinbase-flip-3-week-window/Brian Armstrong killed the CLARITY Act in January, then blocked it again in February. Today the Senate returned from Easter recess, and Armstrong is suddenly its biggest cheerleader. Here's what changed, and why the next 3 weeks decide whether US crypto law happens in 2026 or not at all.Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTregulationbreaking-newsclarity-actcoinbasemarket-structuresenatejobshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/hsbc-stanchart-hong-kong-stablecoin-license/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/hsbc-stanchart-hong-kong-stablecoin-license/Hong Kong granted its first two stablecoin licenses to HSBC and a Standard Chartered–Animoca joint venture — picking just 2 from 36 applicants. The era of bank-issued stablecoins is here.Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTstablecoinsregulationhong-konghsbcstandard-charteredbreaking-newsjobshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitwise-bhyp-hyperliquid-etf-imminent/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitwise-bhyp-hyperliquid-etf-imminent/Bitwise dropped the Form 8-A for its Hyperliquid ETF (ticker: BHYP) today. Bloomberg's Eric Balchunas says that's the last filing before launch. HYPE is up 103% from January lows. Cantor Fitzgerald just called $200B market cap. Here's what it means.Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTetfhyperliquidhypedefibreaking-newscrypto-jobshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/morgan-stanley-msbt-bitcoin-etf-blackrock/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/morgan-stanley-msbt-bitcoin-etf-blackrock/MSBT debuted on NYSE Arca at 0.14% — nearly half BlackRock's IBIT fee — making Wall Street's biggest wealth manager the most aggressive new entrant in the Bitcoin ETF war.Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbitcoinetfmorgan-stanleywall-streetbreaking-newsjobshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitmine-4-percent-ethereum-supply-nyse-uplisting/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitmine-4-percent-ethereum-supply-nyse-uplisting/Bitmine Immersion Technologies quietly accumulated 4.8 million ETH, staked 3.3 million of it, and is now uplisting to the NYSE. The MicroStrategy of Ethereum just went mainstream.Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsethereuminstitutionalstakingtreasurycorporate-cryptojobshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/aave-chaos-labs-exit-defi-governance-meltdown/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/aave-chaos-labs-exit-defi-governance-meltdown/Chaos Labs is walking away from Aave after 3 years and 'zero material bad debt.' They're the third core contributor to quit since March. No one knows who's watching the money.Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTdefiaavegovernancerisk-managementbreaking-newsjobshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/strategy-microstrategy-14-billion-bitcoin-loss-q1/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/strategy-microstrategy-14-billion-bitcoin-loss-q1/MicroStrategy's rebranded successor posted the largest Q1 Bitcoin loss since 2018, then spent another $330 million on BTC the following week. This is what conviction looks like — or what it costs.Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsbitcoinstrategymicrostrategyinstitutionalmarketshiringhttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/better-money-company-a16z-stablecoin-clearinghouse/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/better-money-company-a16z-stablecoin-clearinghouse/You can't swap USDT for USDC at face value without slippage. A former a16z partner just raised $10M to build the clearinghouse that makes stablecoins actually fungible — and Stripe, MetaMask, and Phantom are already signed up.Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsstablecoinsa16zdefiinfrastructurehiringfundraisinghttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/australia-crypto-licensing-law-jobs/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/australia-crypto-licensing-law-jobs/Australia's parliament passed the Digital Assets Framework Bill, the country's first comprehensive crypto licensing law. Exchanges and custodians must now get licensed like brokers. Here's what it means for jobs.Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsregulationcrypto-jobscomplianceaustraliadefihttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/drift-north-korea-six-month-infiltration/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/drift-north-korea-six-month-infiltration/Drift Protocol confirmed today that the April 1 exploit wasn't opportunistic — DPRK-linked hackers spent six months attending crypto conferences, building real relationships, and depositing real money before draining $270M.Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsdefisecuritynorth-koreadprksolanahacksjobshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/charles-schwab-crypto-spot-bitcoin-ethereum/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/charles-schwab-crypto-spot-bitcoin-ethereum/Charles Schwab — the brokerage that manages $12 trillion in client assets — just announced direct spot Bitcoin and Ethereum trading. This isn't Fidelity or a crypto-native firm. This is the brokerage where America's retirees keep their 401(k)s.Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsinstitutionalbitcoinethereumhiringtradfihttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/liberation-day-tariffs-crypto-jobs-crash/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/liberation-day-tariffs-crypto-jobs-crash/One year after Trump's Liberation Day tariffs shook global markets, Bitcoin is down 20%+ from its peak and crypto job postings have collapsed 80% from a year ago. Here's what's really happening to crypto careers right now.Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newscrypto-jobsmarket-analysislayoffsbitcointariffshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/cftc-ftx-nishad-singh-settlement/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/cftc-ftx-nishad-singh-settlement/The CFTC settled with Nishad Singh — FTX's ex-engineering chief who built the backdoor that let Alameda silently drain billions in customer funds. The case is closed. The industry can stop looking over its shoulder. Almost.Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsenforcementftxregulationcftcjobshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/coinbase-occ-national-trust-charter/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/coinbase-occ-national-trust-charter/Coinbase received conditional OCC approval for a national trust charter — making America's biggest crypto exchange a federally regulated custodian. This is the regulatory milestone the industry has chased for a decade.Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsregulationcoinbaseinstitutionalstablecoinhiringhttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/franklin-templeton-franklin-crypto-benji-acquisition/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/franklin-templeton-franklin-crypto-benji-acquisition/Franklin Templeton launched 'Franklin Crypto' and acquired 250 Digital — paying part of the deal in BENJI tokens from its own tokenized money fund. TradFi just ate its own dogfood.Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsinstitutionaltradfitokenizationhiringdefihttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/jpmorgan-dimon-prediction-markets-crypto/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/jpmorgan-dimon-prediction-markets-crypto/Jamie Dimon — Wall Street's most famous crypto sceptic — has signalled JPMorgan could enter prediction markets. Goldman Sachs is already meeting with Polymarket. The last wall between TradFi and on-chain betting is crumbling.Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newstradfiprediction-marketsjpmorganinstitutionaljobshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/spacex-ipo-bitcoin-treasury-crypto-jobs/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/spacex-ipo-bitcoin-treasury-crypto-jobs/SpaceX has confidentially filed for a $1.75 trillion IPO — potentially the biggest public offering ever. Its Bitcoin treasury is about to go fully transparent, and the ripple effects for crypto hiring are massive.Wed, 01 Apr 2026 22:30:00 GMTspacexbitcoinipoelon-muskcrypto-treasurybreaking-newshiringhttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/oracle-layoffs-crypto-careers/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/oracle-layoffs-crypto-careers/Oracle cut 18% of its workforce overnight to fund a $156B AI buildout. If you're one of the 30,000, crypto infrastructure needs your exact skill set.Wed, 01 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMToraclelayoffsjobscrypto-careersinfrastructureaihiringweb3https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/drift-protocol-solana-exploit-270m/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/drift-protocol-solana-exploit-270m/Drift Protocol, Solana's leading perpetuals DEX, was drained of up to $285M in a still-unconfirmed exploit on April 1 — and the attacker is still moving funds right now.Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsdefisecuritysolanaexploithacksjobshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/google-quantum-bitcoin-crypto-jobs/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/google-quantum-bitcoin-crypto-jobs/Google says breaking Bitcoin may need 20x fewer qubits than thought. 6.9M BTC already exposed. The race to hire post-quantum crypto engineers starts now.Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:00:00 GMTbitcoinquantum-computinggooglesecuritycryptographyjobspost-quantumhiringhttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/claude-code-source-leak-crypto-ai-security/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/claude-code-source-leak-crypto-ai-security/512K lines of TypeScript and 44 feature flags exposed via npm. If your crypto team uses AI coding tools, your threat model just changed.Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMTsecurityaiclaude-codenpmcryptodeveloper-toolsjobssupply-chain