ChainCatcher news, Coinbase announced that it will establish a new office in Charlotte, North Carolina, and plans to hire more than 130 local employees over the next six months, with positions mainly focused on compliance and customer support. A company spokesperson stated that the choice of Charlotte is due to the city's rise as a fintech hub, with its rapidly growing population and high-quality talent pool supporting Coinbase's long-term development. Notably, Coinbase still maintains a "remote-first" work model, with about 95% of employees able to choose to work from home or in a hybrid setup. This expansion aligns with the hiring plan announced by Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong on March 7. Influenced by the pro-crypto policies of the Trump administration, the company plans to add approximately 1,000 positions nationwide this year, which would increase the total number of employees by 27%. However, the spokesperson emphasized that the expansion in Charlotte is primarily based on local talent advantages rather than political factors.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, U.S. President Trump stated on Friday that he is pushing for a massive reform of the civil service system, issuing new regulations that will convert thousands of positions previously held by career federal employees into political positions. These changes further reinforce an executive order signed on Trump's first day in office, which claims he has broad authority to hire and fire senior civil servants.Trump stated on his social media: "From now on, career government employees engaged in policy matters will be classified as 'policy/career' and will adhere to the highest standards of conduct and performance. If these government workers refuse to advance the president's policy interests or engage in corrupt behavior, they should no longer have a job.""We must root out corruption and implement accountability in the federal workforce!" Trump's aides indicated that this measure is crucial for implementing what they believe to be a policy agenda undermined by career federal employees during the president's first term.

ChainCatcher reports that, according to two insiders, cryptocurrency exchange giant Kraken has laid off hundreds of employees across all business areas in the past few months as the company prepares for a public listing in the United States and continues to streamline its operations.It was reported that at the end of October last year, Kraken laid off 400 employees, about 15% of its total workforce, at which time Silicon Valley investor and Kraken board member Arjun Sethi was serving as co-CEO alongside David Ripley. One insider stated that "hundreds of people have left" since Sethi took on the role of co-CEO, noting that in addition to the 15% reduction in staff at the end of last year, the company plans to continue with layoffs.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the blockchain banking account platform Bleap, founded by former Revolut employees, has signed a strategic partnership with payment giant Mastercard. This collaboration will enable Bleap to leverage Mastercard's resources and global network, thereby accelerating its international expansion. The company stated that it will initially focus on developing the European market, followed by an entry into the Latin American market.Bleap is built on the Ethereum Layer 2 network Arbitrum, supporting fast, gas-free transactions, and utilizes PortalHQ's multi-party computation technology to replace traditional seed phrases with cloud storage and social logins. After creating a Bleap account, users can deploy a smart wallet supported by account abstraction (ERC-4337), allowing them to add stablecoins from external wallets or use fiat currency to purchase through Bleap's free cryptocurrency deposit and withdrawal services.

According to ChainCatcher, as reported by Fortune, a dozen former employees of OpenAI submitted a legal brief on Friday in support of co-founder Musk's lawsuit aimed at maintaining the company's nonprofit status. Last year, Musk sued OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, accusing OpenAI of deviating from its founding mission of developing artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity rather than for corporate profit. OpenAI and Altman have denied these allegations. In the documents submitted to the federal court on Friday, these former employees stated that stripping control from the nonprofit organization would "fundamentally contradict" the company's mission, as it would lose oversight of the for-profit development entity. These former employees, who held technical and leadership positions in the company, claimed that nonprofit oversight is crucial to the overall strategy of the company, and this structure also aids in recruitment, as many employees were motivated to join by the nonprofit's mission.

ChainCatcher news, according to CNBC, President Trump has pardoned three co-founders of the cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX and a former senior employee.The three co-founders: Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo, and Samuel Reed, had previously pleaded guilty to a series of federal criminal charges related to money laundering and failure to regulate the exchange.Reed pleaded guilty in 2022 to violating the Bank Secrecy Act and agreed to pay a $10 million fine. Prosecutors had previously accused these individuals of effectively operating BitMEX as a "money laundering platform" and claimed that their assertion of exiting the U.S. market was "false."

ChainCatcher news, uDEX announced that the team has coordinated with all stakeholders and reached the following action plan: the development team wallet (similar to a foundation) will be locked for 2 years; 149 million UUU in the internal wallet (accounting for 14.9% of the total supply) will be used for community airdrops, partnerships, and liquidity, with all operations remaining transparent and implementing rolling locks; 500 million UUU (accounting for 50% of the total supply) will be sent to a black hole address for permanent destruction, expected to be completed soon; 18 million UUU related to insider trading will be destroyed with the assistance of Binance.Previously, according to an official announcement from Binance, its internal audit team received a report on March 23, 2025, alleging that an employee used insider information for front-running trades to gain improper profits. Binance launched a comprehensive internal investigation. The preliminary investigation has now concluded, and the person involved has been suspended and will face legal accountability.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement from uDEX, the project has coordinated with all stakeholders and reached the following action plan aimed at eliminating market concerns and promoting the project's advancement:The development team's wallet (similar to a foundation) will be locked for 2 years;149 million $UUU (accounting for 14.9% of the total supply) in the internal wallet will be used for community airdrops, partnerships, and liquidity provision, with all operations remaining transparent and implementing rolling locks;500 million $UUU (accounting for 50% of the total supply) will be sent to a black hole address for permanent destruction, expected to be completed in the near future;18 million $UUU related to insider trading will be destroyed with the assistance of Binance;

ChainCatcher message, regarding Binance's announcement of employee insider trading details, Sun Yuchen posted on X platform saying: "Huobi and TRON will also conduct strict investigations."

ChainCatcher news, according to reports from Wu, Binance has issued a notice to all employees, adjusting its policy on restricting cryptocurrency investments for staff, allowing employees not in the listing team to invest in cryptocurrencies on platforms like Binance, with a limit of $5,000.Binance's internal policy previously required employees to hold cryptocurrencies for more than 90 days after purchase before they could trade. In February of this year, Zhao Changpeng stated on Twitter that due to the aforementioned policy, employees were unaware of market demand. Subsequently, this internal policy at Binance was changed as mentioned above.

ChainCatcher message, Deribit officially reminds users to be cautious of a new type of recruitment scam. Scammers impersonate recruiters from well-known companies like Deribit, attracting job seekers with high-paying positions, and then lure victims into completing an "online assessment" to install malware, or offer "exclusive onboarding benefits" such as discounted shares to defraud them of money. They even invite candidates to bring their work laptops to fake office locations for interviews.Deribit points out that these scams primarily target senior employees or developers to gain access to sensitive systems. To prevent such scams, users should verify the authenticity of the recruiter’s account and directly contact the company's HR department through official channels to confirm recruitment information. Deribit expects this type of scam to spread to other industries soon.

ChainCatcher news, an internal employee of the smart contract blockchain project AIAChain revealed on X that the company has currently owed employee salaries for 3 months and has not issued any payments to date. As of now, AIAChain has not made any official response.

ChainCatcher news, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong stated on the X platform that the White House Digital Assets Summit is a historic day, and the U.S. now has a strategic Bitcoin reserve and emerging regulatory clarity.This directly translates into economic growth for the U.S. Due to this new growth, Coinbase plans to hire about 1,000 employees in the U.S. this year and will continue to build this industry in the U.S. to ensure that the country remains a leader in technology and finance.

ChainCatcher News: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) offers a $50,000 reward to encourage employees to resign or retire.

ChainCatcher message, Bybit posted on platform X to remind that there are fraudsters impersonating Bybit employees, urging the community to stay vigilant.Bybit will never ask for personal information, deposits, or passwords. Always verify official sources of information carefully and report any suspicious situations. If something feels off, it probably is, so stay safe.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, an employee of OpenAI publicly accused Musk's xAI company of having misleading benchmark results for its latest AI model Grok3. In response, xAI co-founder Igor Babushkin insisted that the company did nothing wrong.xAI's chart shows that the two versions of Grok3—Grok3 Reasoning Beta and Grok3 mini Reasoning—outperformed OpenAI's currently strongest available model o3-mini-high on AIME 2025. However, OpenAI employees quickly pointed out on the X platform that xAI's chart did not include the AIME 2025 score of o3-mini-high under the "cons@64" condition.Babushkin argued on the X platform that OpenAI had previously released similar misleading benchmark charts, even though these charts were used to compare the performance of its own models.

ChainCatcher message, Binance co-founder He Yi stated on platform X that all Binance employees have a 30-day restriction on buying and selling cryptocurrencies. After purchasing, they must wait 30 days before selling; otherwise, it will be considered a violation.

ChainCatcher message, regarding the discussion on the product strategy differences between Binance and OKX, Binance founder Zhao Changpeng responded that Binance (CEX) has always restricted employees from trading cryptocurrencies to protect user interests, but this has also made it difficult for product managers to deeply understand user needs. Zhao Changpeng stated that such decisions will be handled by the management, and he also mentioned that he will personally experience on-chain products, "Indeed, we should experience the products on Chain. Let's go try out a few meme coins later."

ChainCatcher news, according to Jin Shi reports, the number of initial jobless claims in the United States increased moderately last week, indicating that the fundamentals of the labor market remain solid. In recent days, Elon Musk's government efficiency department has laid off thousands of federal employees. The unemployment claims of these laid-off workers were submitted separately under the Federal Employee Unemployment Compensation (UCFE) program, with data reported one week behind.The White House aims to cut about 2.3 million federal government workers, excluding the military and the post office. The unemployment rate remains at historically low levels, but this situation may change as workers who rely on federal contracts or funding lose their jobs. Federal government layoffs, hiring freezes, and budget cuts are expected to have a ripple effect on local economies, particularly in Washington D.C. and the neighboring states of Virginia and Maryland, and trigger layoffs in the private sector.