LinkedIn has ranked cryptocurrency wallet provider and data firm Blockchain.com (formerly known as Blockchain.info) in its top ten most “sought-after” U.K. startup employers in new listings September 30. Part of a list featuring 25 UK-based startup companies, Blockchain.com made the grade at number 9, while financial disruptors took two of the three poll positions in the rankings. Among its attributes, LinkedIn notes Blockchain.com’s “benefits such as free food and flexible working,” unlimited holiday policy and a bonus scheme for employees paid in Bitcoin (BTC). On social media, executives noted the announcement coincided with a considerable hiring spree to bolster the …

Former LinkedIn executive Michael Li has recently joined major U.S. crypto exchange and wallet provider Coinbase as the VP of data, TechCrunch reports September 18. Li started his career at LinkedIn as Director of Business Analytics back in 2011. The expert has been growing his professional experience at the the business and employment-oriented company, working on business analytics and data science. In his LinkedIn post, Li noted that centralized data organization is a “strategic way to get the most value out of data for the company,” claiming that it is “still a new concept for many companies,” including those in …

The headline of this article has been updated to avoid misinterpretation. Cointelegraph had a chance to talk to Eric Ly, Chinese-American investor and businessman and co-founder of LinkedIn, where for years he also served as founding CTO. In the beginning of his career Eric held technical positions at prominent companies such as Steve Job’s NeXT, IBM or General Magic, before co-founding LinkedIn with his Stanford classmate and other colleagues in 2002. There, among other things, Eric was responsible for developing software integrations with software such as web browsers and Microsoft Outlook. Eric left LinkedIn in 2006 to develop his own …

This year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland has seen Bitcoin taking center stage in one business director’s hopes for economic innovation in 2015. Founder and CEO of LinkedIn, Reid Hoffmann, said during an early lunch discussion that his hopes are resting on Bitcoin this year, reports Time, which hosted the discussion Wednesday. He said: “Bitcoin will either be a total failure or it’ll be a success and I think we want it to be a success.” The surprising backing is made even more poignant when contrasted with how Bitcoin fared at last year’s conference, where bankers and business leaders …