{"id":85722,"date":"2023-10-13T19:52:53","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T16:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=85722"},"modified":"2025-09-13T01:02:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T22:02:44","slug":"certik-to-reduce-headcount-amid-market-dynamics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/certik-to-reduce-headcount-amid-market-dynamics\/","title":{"rendered":"CertiK to reduce headcount amid market dynamics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CertiK, a security-audit-focused smart-contract auditor, carried out a workforce optimization in response to market dynamics. <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/tech\/2023\/10\/13\/certik-blockchain-code-auditor-makes-strategic-workforce-adjustment-of-15\/?utm_source=twitter&#038;utm_term=organic&#038;utm_content=editorial&#038;utm_campaign=coindesk_main&#038;utm_medium=social\\\">CoinDesk<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\"><p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our main goal is to restructure the team to better align with long-term strategic ambitions. CertiK remains committed to its mission and is confident that these changes will be important steps on the path to achieving its goals,&#8221; explained co-founder and CEO Ronghui Gu.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the layoffs affected &#8220;less than 15%&#8221; of staff.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>The auditor joined the wave of mass layoffs in the industry. In October <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/chainalysis-cuts-15-of-staff\">announced the layoff of 150 employees<\/a> by Chainalysis, a security-focused company.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>In the same month, Yuga Labs, the studio behind the NFT collection Bored Ape Yacht Club, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/yuga-labs-to-cut-staff-and-focus-on-the-otherside-metaverse\">announced a staff restructuring<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Also joining the list were <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/robinhood-to-lay-off-7-of-its-staff\">Robinhood<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/dapper-labs-to-cut-a-further-20-of-its-staff\">Dapper Labs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/polygon-team-to-cut-staff-by-20\">Polygon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/nft-marketplace-magic-eden-cuts-staff-by-15\">Magic Eden<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-exchange-bittrex-to-cut-about-30-of-its-staff\">Bittrex<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/dcg-backed-luno-to-cut-35-of-staff\">Luno<\/a>, <a href=\\\"http:\/\/blockchain.com\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noreferrer noopener\\\">Blockchain.com<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/journalists-report-huobi-plans-to-cancel-bonuses-and-cut-staff\">Huobi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bybit-to-cut-staff-amid-prolonged-bear-market\">Bybit<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/media-stepn-to-lay-off-more-than-100-employees\">STEPN<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/truelayer-to-cut-headcount-by-10\">TrueLayer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/chia-network-lays-off-a-third-of-its-staff\">Chia Network<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/protocol-labs-to-cut-21-of-its-staff-amid-crypto-winter\">Protocol Labs<\/a> and others.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>In April 2022, CertiK <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/certik-the-smart-contract-security-auditor-raises-88-million-at-a-2-billion-valuation\">raised $88 million<\/a> at a $2 billion valuation, and later \u2014 another <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/certik-the-smart-contract-auditor-raises-60-million-from-softbank-vision-fund-and-tiger-global\">$60 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CertiK, a security-audit-focused smart-contract auditor, carried out a workforce optimization in response to market dynamics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1204,1276],"class_list":["post-85722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-certik","tag-layoffs"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"29","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85722"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85724,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85722\/revisions\/85724"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}