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    Home » Swyftx Sacks 35% of Staff as it Prepares for Crypto Winter

    Swyftx Sacks 35% of Staff as it Prepares for Crypto Winter

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    By qaasim on December 5, 2022 Companies, News
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    Following ongoing crypto winter, Australian crypto exchange Swyftx announced on Dec. 5 the sacking of 35% of staff as part of efforts in preparation for a full-fledged bear market.

    The exchange, however, clarified that it had no connection with FTX but it is only preparing for a possible worst-case scenario, stressing that there is a high tendency of decline in global trading volumes next year

    Harper stressed that the tough decision was crucial in order to weather the storm that may brew out of the prolonged crypto winter. The exchange stated that its balance sheet is much intact.

    However, the exchange emphasized that customer funds are held 1:1 and they do not lend customer assets to any third parties. It was gathered that the firm’s research and development sections were the most hit in the 35% staff cut.

    Vitalik Buterin Advice Investors

    While the crypto market continues to battle the effects of FTX collapse coupled with other events that led to the prevailing crypto winter, investors seem to be having a bad time as one of them, CoinMamba shared his ugly experience on Twitter.

    After 9 years in crypto I’m kinda exhausted. I want to move on and do something different with my life. Tired of all these scammers and fraudsters..

    — CoinMamba (@coinmamba) December 3, 2022

    The statement attracted the attention of Ethereum Co-founder Vitalik Buterin, who advised investors to focus more on the tech and application ecosystem rather than trading or investing circles.

    I'd recommend increasing your distance from trading/investing circles, and getting closer to the tech and application ecosystem. Learn about ZK-SNARKs, visit a meetup in Latin America, listen to All Core Devs calls and read the notes until you've memorized all the EIP numbers…

    — vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) December 3, 2022

    CoinMamba acknowledged the advice and appreciated Vitalik for his noteworthy advice, stressing all he said were what he was looking for.

    Thanks for the advice Vitalik. These are the things that got me excited about crypto in the first place. Will try to focus more on tech going forward.

    — CoinMamba (@coinmamba) December 3, 2022

    It should be noted that the crypto industry has been befuddled with lots of negative events and scenarios in 2022. From scams/hacking to collapse of several projects, over $3B was lost to just crypto hacking as of Oct. 31, 2021.

    Meanwhile, the collapse of projects like block, Celsius, FTX, Terra Luna, among others, have also aggravated and stifled the crypto space.

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    Salaam Rasak entered the crypto space while completing his Masters degree and has continued to dig deep into Web3 space since then, writing articles related to Web3 and blockchain. He started working with Blockchain Journal in September 2022.

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