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Brazil, Mexico: Latin American countries with highest crypto and blockchain talent demand

By Latin America News · August 16, 2022 · 2 min read

The latest joint report between LinkedIn and cryptocurrency exchange OKX revealed that Brazil and Mexico are in the top 10 countries worldwide with the highest demand for human resources talent specialized in blockchain technology.

The LinkedIn and OKX report pointed out the United States, China, France, India, Germany, United Kingdom, Brazil, Mexico, Spain, and Canada as the nations with the highest demand for talent specialized in crypto and blockchain.

The most required profile in the blockchain industry is financial talent, while the quality control analyst is growing rapidly. (Photo: internet reproduction)

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The report exposes that across the ten countries, the annual posting rate of crypto and blockchain vacancies is growing as follows:

United States: 82%
China: 78%
France: -11
India, 145%
Germany: 82%
United Kingdom: 60%
Brazil: 518%
Mexico: 190%
Spain: 609%
Canada: 560%

LinkedIn and OKX emphasize that the demand for talent is concentrated in countries where cryptocurrency adoption has grown in the last year:

“It is worth noting that among the top 10 countries with blockchain talent, blockchain job openings in the USA, China, India, UK, Singapore, Canada, and other countries multiplied in 2021. LinkedIn Talent Insights shows that these countries will continue to grow in talent demand based on the number of job openings in the first half of 2022.”

The most required profile in the blockchain industry is financial talent, while the quality control analyst is growing rapidly. Other profiles required within the ecosystem are engineering, business development, information technology, and sales.

Financial talent is in demand at 19%, engineering at 16%, and business and IT profiles are tied at 6%.

“Specifically, among the top five global blockchain talents, the most popular occupations are cryptocurrency traders, software engineers, analysts, support analysts, and account managers.”

With information from BeInCrypto

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Instrument	Last	Change	YoY	Prev.	High	Low	Volume
BTC	66,227	+1.53%	-43.62%	65,230	66,891	65,139	29,559,908,352
ETH	1,917	+0.68%	-49.07%	1,904	1,945	1,901	12,514,274,304
SOL	77.82	+0.04%	-60.30%	77.79	78.68	77.61	1,589,476,864
XRP	1.14	+2.40%	-67.98%	1.11	1.16	1.11	1,524,690,304
BNB	571.94	+0.21%	-25.41%	570.73	579.09	570.66	1,112,691,072
ADA	0.17	+1.60%	-80.63%	0.17	0.18	0.17	402,942,944
DOGE	0.07	+1.21%	-73.13%	0.07	0.07	0.07	560,146,432
AVAX	6.55	-0.40%	-74.27%	6.58	6.68	6.54	231,244,512
LINK	8.62	+0.38%	-55.89%	8.58	8.74	8.57	258,106,560
DOT	0.85	+2.28%	-81.24%	0.83	0.87	0.83	100,178,032
LTC	46.76	-1.22%	-59.66%	47.34	47.99	46.70	215,133,840
BCH	223.56	+1.66%	-57.30%	219.90	226.46	219.72	104,522,936
TRX	0.33	+0.80%	+4.74%	0.33	0.33	0.33	434,228,000
XLM	0.19	+1.37%	-59.65%	0.19	0.20	0.19	168,485,648
HBAR	0.07	+3.79%	-74.49%	0.07	0.07	0.07	68,042,280
NEAR	1.93	-2.36%	-36.18%	1.98	2.06	1.92	224,740,976
ATOM	1.48	-0.94%	-71.50%	1.49	1.51	1.48	21,288,220
AAVE	95.36	+6.22%	-70.44%	89.77	96.32	89.73	235,113,664

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AAVE
95.36
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HBAR
0.07
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XRP
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NEAR
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DOT
0.85
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BCH
223.56
+1.66%

ADA
0.17
+1.60%

BTC
66,227
+1.53%

The session read

The Bitcoin rose 1.53%, with breadth positive — 13 of 17 names higher. AAVE led, while NEAR lagged.

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