NEM Foundation is almost bankrupt
The NEM blockchain, which is behind the NEM (XEM) cryptocurrency, isn’t doing so well.
The NEM blockchain, which is behind the NEM (XEM) cryptocurrency, isn’t doing so well.
The London-based startup had been tipped for big things, but after a number of setbacks over the past year, BlockEx now finds itself laying off staff, in a bid to remain viable.
Citing the continued bear market in cryptocurrencies, Switzerland-based exchange ShapeShift has let go of 37 employees, about one-third of its work force.
When Bitmain filed for its initial public offering a few months ago, it indicated that it had 3,594 full-time employees. That number has dwindled to around 3,100 and the personnel cuts—which reports indicate has affected over 1,000 employees—will lead the company to be nothing more than a shell of its former self.
Decentralised publishing and content distribution platform Steemit has become the latest blockchain company to feel the heat, as the slowdown in legacy cryptocurrency markets continues to bite.
The exchange is now turning to significant redundancies amongst its 40 strong team, as part of a wider essential restructuring of their business, sources told Financial News.