In the second half of 2025, which pros in the encryption industry will take office or resign? Regulatory and strategy positions are the most sought after.

The crypto industry talent market was unusually active in May, with many companies hiring regulatory and strategic executives, indicating that the industry is preparing for the next round of sound growth and increasingly complex compliance challenges. (Executive Summary: What talent does the Web3 industry need now?) (Background added: How difficult is it to apply for Web3 jobs? Binance CZ lists "9 conditions for refusal of admission": strawberry family don't come, the pressure of the currency circle is high) Have you recently felt the dynamics in the circle, as if something big is going to happen? After a relatively quiet first season, the crypto industry talent market in May 2025 is like suddenly pressing the accelerator button! According to The Block's survey, the world's well-known blockchain companies have made at least 47 key position appointments, internal transfers, and of course, the gorgeous turns of several bigwigs. These personnel changes are not as simple as changing business cards, they focus on the areas of legal, communications, partnerships and business development. Insiders generally believe that this is quietly laying a solid foundation for the next round of growth outbreaks. The most striking aspect of this talent flow is the influx of regulatory and policy experts into the crypto industry. This clearly tells us that the industry as a whole is actively preparing for increasingly complex and, frankly, "ballasting" compliance challenges. As a report co-authored by Tim Copeland and Intersection Growth Partners points out: "As cryptocurrencies go mainstream, having top regulatory talent is no longer the icing on the cake, but an indispensable core competitive advantage for businesses." In the past, everyone may think that as long as the technology is strong enough and the community is iron enough, you can expand the business model. But now the crypto industry attaches great importance to "following the rules", and you have to ask someone who knows the door to help watch. Regulatory celebrities turn to the crypto circle for "gold plating"? The most eye-catching case is the movement of several former senior government officials, starting with Summer Mersinger, a former commissioner of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), who took over as CEO of the Blockchain Association. Immediately after the former CFTC chairman, the famous Chris Giancarlo, he was successfully recruited as an advisor by Swiss digital asset bank Sygnum. The Swiss bank clearly sees Giancarlo's deep skills and contacts in the field of international regulation, hoping to use this to open up regulatory joints in Europe and around the world. Blockchain Aleo, which focuses on zero-knowledge proofs, has also welcomed Josh Hawkins, a former executive at stablecoin giant Circle, who will become executive vice president of strategy, policy and communications. The public chain project Algorand Foundation appointed Jennie Levin, who had held a key position in digital asset infrastructure company Figment, as chief legal officer and chief operating officer, which is equivalent to handing over the two major burdens of law and daily operations to her. In addition, Ron Hammond, who previously led policy affairs at Ripple, has also joined cryptocurrency market maker and investment firm Wintermute and will lead its policy and advocacy efforts. Major brand trends Many well-known crypto companies also made a lot of efforts in May, filling key positions with new generals. Coinbase, one of the leading exchanges, successfully recruited Andrew Casey, who used to work at rival Kraken, and Christine Plummer from MSCI, a financial index service company, apparently to use their experience in different fields to inject new blood into the next development of the platform. The promotion of in-house David Gogel to COO by the decentralized derivatives exchange dYdX Foundation could mean preparing to expand operational efficiency and cross-platform scale. For investment institutions, ParaFi Capital hired David Burke, who previously worked at BlockTower Capital, to strengthen its investment research and decision-making capabilities. Stablecoin issuer Paxos poached Paul Bances from payment giant PayPal, apparently valuing his deep accumulation in the field of traditional financial payments, hoping to bring breakthroughs to Paxos in payment and stablecoin applications. Fintech company Plaid followed suit in the crypto space, appointing former Coinbase executive Will Robinson as chief technology officer, which makes one wonder if Plaid will have a bigger move in cross-payment and Swap fiat. Officials are also arresting people Isn't it only private enterprises that are robbing people? The IRS was not idle, and they assigned Trish Turner to lead its newly formed digital asset division. The US branch of the exchange OKX has also appointed Roshan Robert as its CEO, shouldering the role of expanding the North American market. Not to be outdone, another exchange, Bybit, hired Patricio Mesri to tease out the vast Latin American market. What's more interesting is that this wave of talent mobility even extends to media and community opinion leaders. Tim Copeland, a senior reporter at crypto media The Block, has moved on to become the company's head of growth. Cobie (Jordan Fish), the crypto opinion leader who has a large number of followers on Twitter, also announced that he has joined top crypto investment giant Paradigm as an advisor. The Recruitment Trend is Turning: Hexagonal Warriors Hiring trends across the crypto industry are shifting. In the early days, when everyone talked about the recruitment of crypto companies, they probably thought of a group of engineers and blockchain developers. But now the wind has changed. Companies are no longer satisfied with purely technical talent, but are looking to attract executives who are unique in operations, strategy, finance and regulatory compliance. Demand for positions like chief operating officer (COO), chief financial officer (CFO), chief compliance officer (CCO), and those responsible for strategy and growth can be said to skyrocket. The reason behind this is actually not difficult to understand. As the industry matures and more traditional financial institutions begin to take crypto assets seriously, companies need not only technical geniuses who can develop viable products, but also "all-round veterans" who can navigate the complex business environment, develop long-term development strategies, and ensure that companies operate steadily within a compliance framework. Compared with the large number of new appointments mentioned earlier, the departure cases in the crypto circle in May this year are relatively limited overall, but the movements of several of the bigwigs still attract great attention from the market. First of all, Mihailo Bjelic, co-founder of Ethereum scaling solution Polygon Labs, announced his retirement, which is the third co-founder of Polygon to leave recently, which inevitably makes some associations about its internal integration and future direction. Kristin Johnson, a Democrat member of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), also reported that he plans to leave. Given her previous attitude towards crypto regulation, how her departure will affect the CFTC's future policy direction is worth ...