The online marketplace giant, Ebay, is seeking to fill several positions in the area of Web3 and non-fungible token (NFT) technology, according to several Linkedin job postings. Ebay is looking for a “creative crypto attorney” for the marketplace, Knownorigin, which it acquired in June 2022.

Big Corporations Still Seek Workers to Manage Crypto and Blockchain Services Amid Widespread Layoffs

According to Ebay job postings published on Linkedin, the e-commerce company is seeking to fill several positions in the non-fungible token (NFT) technology and Web3 space. This follows Ebay’s acquisition of the NFT marketplace Knownorigin and the company’s filing for trademark applications for various NFT and metaverse services in the same month. The new job openings include positions such as “crypto counsel,” “head of community” for Knownorigin, and “marketing campaign executive” for Knownorigin.

So far, over the last 24 hours, 17 people have applied for the crypto attorney position, 31 have applied for the head of community position, and 37 have applied for the marketing position. The crypto attorney role requires providing legal advice and support on NFTs, blockchain, and Web3 matters, as well as staying up-to-date on regulatory developments and coordinating with internal Ebay teams.

The Knownorigin marketing campaign executive needs to drive awareness and have a strong understanding of the Web3 landscape. This aligns with Ebay President and CEO Jamie Iannone’s comments last Feb. 2022 regarding NFTs. “Ebay will be the place where people trade goods, whether they be physical or digital,” Iannone said at the time. Ebay’s job postings follow Amazon’s recent Linkedin job offer, which states that the online marketplace is looking specifically for a Senior Web3 GTM Specialist.

About 41 applicants applied for Amazon’s Web3 GTM specialist position, which would be “responsible for growing adoption of Web3 workloads on AWS.” On Feb. 2, financial institution BNY Mellon named Caroline Butler as its new CEO of digital assets. These job offerings and positions show that despite widespread layoffs in the crypto industry, many major corporate entities are still seeking workers to manage their crypto and blockchain services.

What do you think about the demand for experts in the Web3 and NFT technology space among major corporations like Ebay and Amazon? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

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The now-defunct crypto exchange FTX has published its list of creditors, with the names unredacted. The comprehensive list, which is over 100 pages long, shows that FTX owes a lot of money to well-known institutions, including Binance, Airbnb, Apple, Amazon, Linkedin, Coindesk, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), and more. U.S. government entities, such as the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), are also included.

FTX Creditor List Reveals Wide Range of Businesses Owed Money

On Jan. 24, 2023, FTX published the bankrupt firm’s creditor ledger, which contains more than 100 pages of names. The creditors’ list includes government agencies from Switzerland, Hong Kong, the U.S., and Japan. In addition, the ledger features a myriad of well-known businesses, including Alibaba, Allied Sports, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, Twitter, Google, Blue Bottle Coffee, Bonham Capital, Bitstamp, Bitgo, Infura, Inca Digital, Lightspeed Strategic Partners, Long Watch Security, Mercedes-Benz, Messari, Nomura, and O’Leary Productions. Bankruptcy documents filed last year indicate that the top 50 FTX creditors are owed an estimated $3 billion.

The FTX creditors’ list includes U.S. government agencies, such as the IRS, FinCEN, and various state tax collectors from a number of different states. The list showcases three major airlines, hotels, apartments, nonprofits, and software companies that provide cloud services. However, around 9.69 million FTX customer names are redacted from the creditor ledger. The list also highlights a great deal of businesses stemming from The Bahamas, where the FTX inner circle operated. Creditors further include banks, Stanford University, Fox News, Coindesk, and the Wall Street Journal.

The court filing shows monies owed to a large number of creditors, but it does not mean the entity or individual leveraged the FTX exchange to trade crypto. For instance, a spokesperson from the Swiss regulatory entity FINMA told Reuters that it did not understand why it was on the list. FINMA “was not a client of FTX and had not acted on its platforms,” the spokesperson told the news outlet. Reuters reporter Noele Illien also reached out to Airbnb for comment, but the company did not respond.

What are your thoughts on the creditor list released by FTX and the extent of the debts owed to well-known institutions and government agencies? Share your comments below.

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