Coinbase to Fire 1,100 Employees

Alex Dovbnya

Coinbase intends to cut its workforce by 18% as part of a restructuring plan

Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the U.S., intends to fire as many as 1,100 employee as part of a major restructuring plan announced earlier today

The crypto giant has roughly 5,000 full-time employees, which means that its workforce will now shrink by roughly 18%. 

Coinbase has joined BlockFi, Gemini and other companies in laying off employees. 

The cryptocurrency industry is currently in the middle of a brutal bear market. 

Yet, Ripple recently announced that it would buck the trend by hiring more employees because of sufficient cash reserves.