Pulse
Honest about cycles. 2026 count is live openings. Earlier years are a historical series, not this board.
Postings
Solidity senior · North America
hiring-spike · Aug 31
Security and ZK seats warmed up
Protocol teams posted more circuit and audit roles in the last two weeks than in the prior month. Staff-level still scarce.
layoff · Aug 26
A consumer wallet trimmed growth
A 40-person consumer team cut a growth pod. Engineering was spared. Similar pattern to 2023, smaller magnitude.
funding · Aug 21
RWA origination raised
Two origination desks closed rounds. Legal/compliance roles followed within days — the tell that the money is for licenses, not slogans.
grant · Aug 17
L2 grant season opened
Arcadia and Praxis posted public milestone grants. DevRel and ecosystem seats usually trail by three weeks.
hiring-spike · Aug 13
Solana app layer is loud again
Wren, Tidepool, and Nightjar all added application engineers. Rust plus product sense, not research.
layoff · Aug 8
An NFT marketplace folded a studio
One marketplace shuttered an in-house art tool. Independent studios (Umbra, Canvas Mint) picked up two of the designers.
funding · Aug 2
Custody still raises in winter
Helios and Cobalt added institutional coverage. These teams hire slowly and actually mean 'hybrid Zurich'.
grant · Jul 26
ZK proving credits
Umbriel published subsidised proving credits for public goods circuits. Expect a bump in research internships, not headcount.