Apple iPhone was the top-selling smartphone series in China for the first time last year, a surprisingly strong showing in the face of fierce local competition and expanding government prohibitions against the American company's technology. The iPhone ranked first in shipments in the fourth quarter and 2023 overall, market tracker IDC said. It came after several analysts, including Jefferies, said iPhone sales tanked in the fourth quarter due to a lull in enthusiasm for the Cupertino, California company's latest generation of hardware in the world's biggest smartphone market. IDC also noted rising competition from domestic names like a resurgent Huawei Technologies Co., but timely discounts and promotions helped reduce the harm for Apple.
Crypto job postings drop nearly 60% in December 2023 despite recent bitcoin rally
06.01.2024 - 08:12 / tech.hindustantimes.com
Hiring in crypto isn't heating up as fast as the recent rally the space has seen on expectations of an imminent approval of a US exchange-traded fund investing directly into Bitcoin.
Crypto job postings on LinkedIn declined 57% year-over-year in December, less than the 71% year-over-year drop in November, according to the professional networking site. Between November and the end of the year, Bitcoin's price rose 57%, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. At jobs board CryptocurrencyJobs.co, which charges for job posts, December was one of the best months of 2023 in revenue, said Daniel Adler, the website's founder.
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For much of 2023, layoffs abounded, with companies like Gemini Trust and Binance.US shedding staff amid a regulatory crackdown, as well as months of low trading volumes, which impacted crypto exchanges' revenues. Venture capital investments remained sharply down, and many startups ended up laying off workers or not hiring additional staff for lack of funds. However, the prolonged price rallies do typically tend to translate into more funding for startups and increased hiring down the road. Bitcoin's price had more than doubled last year.
“A few teams may have opened up new roles, but I also think it's teams using up their hiring budgets to pre-buy job packs and so on,” Adler said. “There seems to be more optimism in the space. I think things will become more clear in the next few weeks.”
Already, the biggest crypto exchange in the US, Coinbase Global Inc., lists more than 70 open positions on its Website, while Gemini lists 60. With coin prices rallying in recent months, crypto exchanges have seen a recovery in their trading volumes, which are tied to their revenues.
But much of the recovery hinges on whether the price rally continues — and whether the exchange-traded funds investing directly into Bitcoin are approved in the US. The Securities and Exchange Commission is expected to decide on the future of the funds within days.
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