רעוואָלוט צו פאַרגרעסערן קריפּטאָ ווערקפאָרס מיט 20% ווי נעאָבאַנק בלייבט בוליש אויף דיגיטאַל אַסעץ

In response to the rapidly expanding קריפּטאָקוררענסי סעקטאָר, some major פינאַנציעל players are investing a lot of effort to adapt their business to the new asset class, including the טשאַללענגער באַנק רעוואָלוט.

Indeed, the London-based Revolut Ltd. is planning to grow its crypto workforce by 20%, bringing in employees in Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States over the next six months, בלומבערג ס Aisha S Gani געמאלדן אויף אויגוסט קסנומקס.

Specifically, the company has recently listed job ads for 13 crypto-related positions, such as in departments for compliance and financial prevention, software engineering and legal affairs.

Growing the crypto workforce despite downturn

According to Emil Urmanshin, Revolut’s crypto general manager, crypto currently accounts for around 5% to 10% of the company’s global revenue. He also explained Revolut’s optimistic view of crypto in spite of the recent industry downturn:

“We see crypto as a long-term play and remain בוליש on the crypto industry.”

For this reason, the company has already brought in 43 crypto-related workers since the beginning of 2022, increasing the crypto team’s size three times compared to July 2021.

The company is unfazed by the recent slump in the crypto market but is instead focused on the clients’ growing interest in digital assets, with Urmanshin stressing that:

"כאָטש עס איז געווען בעהאָלע, אינטערעס אין קריפּטאָ אַסעץ איז געוואקסן און מיר נאָך האָבן מער קאַסטאַמערז וואָס האַנדלען מיט קריפּטאָ ווי בעשאַס יולי 2021."

Meanwhile, other companies are cutting down on their staff as a consequence of the said market sell-off, including קאָינבאַסע which laid off 1,100 or 18% of its team in June, as well as Gemini, Crypto.com, BlockFi, Bitpanda, and others.

Revolut’s history with crypto

As it happens, Revolut’s interest in crypto is nothing new, as the challenger bank געוואקסן זייַן קריפּטאָ טריידינג service with support for Cardano (אַדאַ), Uniswap (UNI), Synthetix (SNX), Yearn Finance (YFI), Uma (UMA), Bancor (BNT), Filecoin (פיל), Numeraire (NMR), Loopring (LRC), Orchid (OXT), and The Graph (GRT), back in April 2021.

Before that, Revolut had already supported buying and selling of Bitcoin (בטק), ביטקאָין קאַש (BCH), עטהערעום (עטה), Litecoin (LTC), XRP, Stellar (XLM), יאַס, OMG Network (OMG), Tezos (XTZ), and 0x (ZRX).

More recently, in February, the neobank silently introduced די דיסענטראַלייזד פינאַנצן (דעפי) meme token Shiba Inu (shib) צו זיין באַנקינג app, as פינבאָלד געמאלדן.