3% of blockchain employees get paid in crypto
About 88% of employees working in the broader blockchain industry work remotely. However, only 3% receive their compensation in digital assets. According to Pantera Capital research, one in five of the 1,600 respondents had ever accepted payment in crypto. The majority preferred stablecoins like tether (USDT) or USD Coin (USDC), only 13% chose bitcoin (BTC). There are approximately 21,300 jobs in the crypto industry. The bulk of crypto employees live in the United States (35%), Latin America is in second place (29.7%), and Europe and the Middle East are in third place (23.5%). Asia-Pacific came in last with 11.6%. The company’s survey involved 1,046 respondents from 77 countries. Most of them work in engineering. 40.7% are involved in decentralized finance (defi), 26.1% in centralized finance (cefi), 15.2% in infrastructure. You might also like: U.S. government shutdown looms, creating uncertainty in crypto market Moreover, among the companies in which respondents wor...