{"id":242968,"date":"2022-06-13T20:30:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T19:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=242968"},"modified":"2022-06-13T19:07:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T18:07:00","slug":"blockfi-cutting-20-of-staff-to-prioritize-profitability-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/blockfi-cutting-20-of-staff-to-prioritize-profitability-goal\/","title":{"rendered":"BlockFi cutting 20% of staff to prioritize profitability goal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cryptocurrency lending platform <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/blockfi\/\">BlockFi<\/a> became the fourth crypto company to downsize in order to survive the current market by <a href=\"https:\/\/blockfi.com\/a-message-from-our-founders\">announcing<\/a> that it will let 20% of its staff go.<\/p>\n<p>BlockFi had more than 850 personnel before the downsizing decision, according to a June 13 blog post, which means more than 170 were fired.<\/p>\n<p>The company attributed the downsizing to the negative changes in the macroeconomic environment and said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Our number one goal has been to achieve profitability so that we can own our destiny as we navigate what many expect to be an extended global recession.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>BlockFi also said it has been reducing marketing expenses and executive compensation, eliminating non-critical vendors, and slowing down hiring processes.<\/p>\n<p>According to the announcement, BlockFi will also connect the staff they let go with the company's partners who may be interested in hiring.<\/p>\n<h2>Firing spree in the cryptosphere<\/h2>\n<p>BlockFi became the fourth crypto company to let its staff go.<\/p>\n<p>The firing spree started with the crypto exchange platform <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/gemini\/\">Gemini<\/a>\u00a0when it <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/gemini-reducing-staff-by-10-to-survive-crypto-winter\/\">announced<\/a> it will let 10% of its staff go to survive the crypto winter on June 2, 2022.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/coinbase\/\">Coinbase<\/a> followed Gemini's footsteps two days later by <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coinbase-un-hires-new-recruits-due-to-market-conditions\/\">un-hiring<\/a> new recruits and suspending the hiring processes on June 4, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, on the same day as BlockFi, <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/crypto-com\/\">Crypto.com<\/a> also announced that it is <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/crypto-com-will-fire-260-people-shrinking-by-5\/\">downsizing<\/a> by 5% and letting 260 people go.<\/p>\n<p>All four companies said they were reluctantly taking these decisions so they could survive in the current market conditions.<\/p>\n<h2>Binance is the outlier<\/h2>\n<p>While the firing trend is spreading across crypto companies, Binance said it is doing well enough to increase its headcount.<\/p>\n<p>Binance's CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/people\/changpeng-zhao\/\">Changpeng Zhao<\/a> recently spoke at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OZ3gquKztqg&ab_channel=CoinDesk\">Consensus 2022 Conference<\/a> and said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe have a very healthy war chest, we in fact are expanding hiring right now. 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