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"Winklevoss twins’ Gemini cutting 10% of its staff, saying ‘crypto winter’ is here"
Primary Source ↗Affected
1K
individuals/accounts
Incident Details
The Winklevoss twins, founders of the Gemini crypto exchange, announced to employees and in a public blog post on June 2 that they would be laying off 10% of their workforce. They wrote that the crypto industry is “in the contraction phase that is settling into a period of stasis — what our industry refers to as ‘crypto winter.’” According to CNBC, Gemini employed around 1,000 people, meaning that around 100 would lose their jobs.The announcement came on the same day that the CFTC announced a lawsuit against Gemini for allegedly making false or misleading statements.
Technical Details
- Vendor / Product
- Gemini layoffs
Timeline
- 2022-06-02 Breach occurred
- 2022-06-02 Publicly disclosed