We looked over 900 of our open crypto roles from the past year to identify the alpha for 2026 hiring. Want to see what we discovered? Check the comments for the DL link

3 reasons you're losing the talent you want to a competitor >

🚀 We're hiring a Senior Backend Engineer Competitive · Remote (CET–IST) Apply here 👉 plexusrs.com/jobs/senior-bac…

13 new roles live this week. Engineering, BD, Growth, and Sales, across every timezone. --- ⚙️ Engineering ▸ Lead Developer | $200k–$250k | Remote Global plexusrs.com/jobs/lead-devel… ▸ Solana Tech Lead | $120k | Remote APAC plexusrs.com/jobs/solana-tec… ▸ Backend Tech Lead | $120k | Remote APAC plexusrs.com/jobs/backend-te… ▸ Software Engineer (React/TypeScript/Rust/Python) | $120k–$180k | Remote EST plexusrs.com/jobs/software-e… --- 🎨 Design & Product ▸ Product Designer – DeFi / DEX | $100k–$170k | Remote plexusrs.com/jobs/product-de… --- 🚀 BD & Growth ▸ BD Lead – NY | $250k | Remote US plexusrs.com/jobs/bd-lead-ny… ▸ BD Lead – Singapore | $250k | Remote Asia plexusrs.com/jobs/bd-lead-si… ▸ Business Development Lead (RWA) | $180k–$250k Bonus Tokens | Remote EST plexusrs.com/jobs/business-d… ▸ Head of Partnerships – Market Making | $100k–$150k | Remote Global plexusrs.com/jobs/head-of-pa… --- 📈 Growth & Sales ▸ Growth Lead (Hyperliquid) | $140k–$180k | Remote Global plexusrs.com/jobs/growth-lea… ▸ Growth Manager | $150k–$250k | Remote USA plexusrs.com/jobs/growth-man… ▸ Sales Director – NYC | $200k–$300k | Remote New York plexusrs.com/jobs/sales-dire… ▸ Sales Consultant – São Paulo | $100k–$150k | Remote GMT-3 plexusrs.com/jobs/sales-cons… --- See all roles → plexusrs.com/jobs DM us or apply directly.

🚀 We're hiring a Sales Consultant (São Paulo) Competitive · São Paulo Apply here 👉 plexusrs.com/jobs/sales-cons…

🚀 We're hiring a Growth Lead (Hyperliquid) Competitive Equity · Remote Apply here 👉 plexusrs.com/jobs/growth-lea…

You think you lost the candidate to a bigger offer. You didn't! You lost them to a slow, messy process 🫠 In crypto, the best senior people are off the market in days. Sean has 37 senior hires under his belt, so he knows the regret of losing someone great. And exactly how to avoid it. >>

We're on the hunt for a New York based Sales Director. Know someone great? Drop Mitch a message!

AI x blockchain is where some of crypto's best-paid roles now sit, and if you already build in crypto, you're closer to them than you think! We looked over the AI roles in our recent crypto vacancy data. They're mostly AI built into crypto: autonomous agents for finance and trading, models that price risk and catch fraud on-chain, AI-native products and the infrastructure to run them. Almost none are research roles, they want builders. The pay is $200k median in our crypto data, with top ends reaching $300k. The route in from where you already sit in crypto: Backend, protocol or smart contract > Applied or Agentic Engineer DevOps or platform > GenAI Infrastructure Quant or trading > ML and model roles (you already have the maths) Security or audit > ML for fraud, risk and on-chain anomaly detection Crypto experience is the edge, as you already understand the chain and the product, which is exactly what these teams are short of. Building at the intersection of AI and blockchain, or want to be? Let's talk!

'Bitcoins' or 'Bitcoin'? Discuss

Looking for a CTO / NY for an institutional onchain OTC derivatives platform. Get in touch!

Sentiment at Proof of Talk as summarise by telegram bulletpoints from the team: Quantum is WHEN, not IF. Fork the protocols now! The banks will be the kingmakers of the alts, but only a select few. The next couple of years will be telling No one talked about Bitcoin price being an issue at all, despite the volatility - sentiment was screw the price, we're building for the next 5 years Lots of talk of how stablecoins and tokenization will unlock liquidity and utility for many use cases like settlement, tokenised deposits Tokenisation etc Clarity act etc MiCA etc Suit to normie ratio 5:1.

14 new roles live this week across engineering, trading, sales, and ops. ⚙️ Engineering ▸ Senior DevOps Engineer | $180k–$220k | Remote, US → plexusrs.com/jobs/senior-dev… ▸ Senior Infrastructure Engineer | $180k–$220k | Remote, US → plexusrs.com/jobs/senior-inf… ▸ Senior Software Engineer | $150k–$250k | Remote, US Hours → plexusrs.com/jobs/senior-sof… ▸ Python Product Engineer | $80k–$160k | Remote, Europe → plexusrs.com/jobs/python-pro… ▸ Frontend Developer | €40k–€50k | Remote, Europe/UK → plexusrs.com/jobs/frontend-d… 📈 Trading & Quant ▸ DeFi Trader | $250k | On-Site, New York → plexusrs.com/jobs/defi-trade… ▸ Prediction Market Quant Trader | $150k–$200k | Hybrid, Taiwan/Hong Kong → plexusrs.com/jobs/prediction… ▸ Head of Partnerships (Market Making) | $100k–$150k | Remote, Global → plexusrs.com/jobs/head-of-pa… 🚀 BD & Sales ▸ Sales Director (NYC) | $180k–$250k | Remote, New York → plexusrs.com/jobs/sales-dire… ▸ Sales Director (SF Bay Area) | $180k–$250k | Remote, San Francisco → plexusrs.com/jobs/sales-dire… ▸ Sales Director (APAC) | $180k–$250k | Remote, Asia GMT 8 → plexusrs.com/jobs/sales-dire… 💼 Finance, Compliance & Ops ▸ Head of Finance | €140k | Hybrid, Luxembourg → plexusrs.com/jobs/head-of-fi… ▸ MLRO | Up to $200k | Remote, US → plexusrs.com/jobs/mlro-4687/ ▸ Operations Associate | Up to $100k | Remote, US → plexusrs.com/jobs/operations… See all roles → plexusrs.com/jobs DM us or apply directly.

🔔 Japanese Speakers Wanted 🔔 TL;DR ➡️ Lead Finance, Accounting and FP&A for a top CEX ➡️ Report to Japanese-speaking CFO and founding team in Japan 📍 Luxembourg, Hybrid (relocation visa packages available) 🗣️ Japanese Language B2 minimum (Japanese Language Lessons available in-office to upskill) 💰 €140k EUR Bonus / Benefits Sound like you, or someone you know? Drop us a DM (appreciate it's a niche one)!

Engineering still eats. Everything else is fighting for the other half.

Not showing up to interviews is something that happens shockingly often in this job market If a company schedules a call with you, you must be there on time. Not 5 mins later. Not 5 mins before and then hop off 1 min past the scheduled time. On. Time.

it's never been more important to triple-check who you're dealing with online if it's recruitment/jobseeking, come to us (@PlexusRS), or other reputable agencies with an online presence. be wary of 'freelancers', and if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is

We'd rather leave a role unfilled than lower the bar when hiring for our team. And that high bar continues through to every role we work for our clients 👇

LATEST: The UK House of Lords calls on the Bank of England to scrap proposed stablecoin holding limits of £20,000 per individual, warning the restrictions risk making the UK uncompetitive compared to neighboring markets.

Plexus are at @proofoftalk in Paris this week, so if you're interested in hearing what we're seeing across the digital assets hiring market, Will and Mitch are your guys.

When you’re running that many searches across the space every single day and have that many data points, you start seeing things. Like The roles your competitors are hiring for that you’re behind on. Which projects are quietly cutting headcount. Who's about to move before they've touched their LinkedIn. If that role you’ve been budgeting for just jumped 20% in cost. That insight is a vantage point you earn by being in the room, on the phones and in the market… constantly. A bird's eye view of the crypto talent market, if you will. So when we advise you on a hire, a salary band, a comp structure, you're getting the whole market distilled into one conversation. Most recruiters can fill a role. The harder, more useful thing is telling you what the market's about to do next!