{"id":127963,"date":"2025-04-25T12:16:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T12:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=127963"},"modified":"2025-04-25T12:16:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T12:16:36","slug":"blockchain-needs-regulation-scalability-to-close-ai-hiring-gap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=127963","title":{"rendered":"Blockchain needs regulation, scalability to close AI hiring gap"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsThe emerging blockchain industry lags behind the artificial intelligence sector in terms of job creation, but this hiring gap may narrow by 2030.
\nBlockchain remains one of the smallest sectors in the tech industry, with about 300,000 global jobs, compared to 1.5 million in AI and machine learning and 25 million in software development, according to a new Bitget Research report shared with Cointelegraph.
\nThe blockchain sector added around 20,000 new jobs in 2024, according to job listings aggregated from platforms like LinkedIn, Web3 Jobs and Crypto Job List.
\nTotal workforce in tech industry. Source: Bitget ResearchWhile blockchain-based jobs had an average compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 45%, outpacing most traditional tech sectors, it trails the AI industry\u2019s 57% CAGR, according to the report.
\nThe AI industry\u2019s maturity and larger share of venture capital investment are the main reasons behind the hiring discrepancy, Vugar Usi Zade, chief operating officer of Bitget exchange, told Cointelegraph:
\n\u201cVenture investors put more than $100 billion into AI startups in 2024, with AI-centric titles topping a million vacancies worldwide,\u201d Usi Zade said. \u201cBlockchain companies, meanwhile, advertise barely 20,000 openings and drew only about $5.4 billion in new funding during the same period.\u201d
\nRegional blockchain market distribution. Source: Bitget ResearchRelated: Crypto firms moving into Wall Street territory amid \u2018growing synergy\u2019
\nBlockchain may generate over 1 million jobs by 2030
\nAI-related job listings have risen between 75% and 100% year-over-year, while blockchain job growth remains around the 45% to 60% growth range.
\nBlockchain vs AI job listings growth. Source: Bitget ResearchBlockchain could exceed 1 million jobs by 2030 if it manages to scale at the same rate as AI-based roles, the report said.
\nMore regulatory clarity from laws such as Europe\u2019s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) may encourage blockchain firms to increase their hiring efforts, Zade said:
\n\u201cEurope\u2019s MiCA rule-book, live since December 2024, is already thawing hiring freezes; similar clarity in the United States and Asia would unlock global head-count plans.\u201d
\n\u201cSecond comes enterprise-grade performance: Ethereum\u2019s Dencun upgrade cut typical layer-2 fees by more than 95%, signaling that blockchains can now handle corporate traffic at an acceptable cost,\u201d he added.
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\nWhile blockchain-based jobs are poised for growth, \u201cAI will naturally garner more talent in the next decade,\u201d Jawad Ashraf, CEO of Vanar Chain, told Cointelegraph.
\n\u201cThis is because AI\u2019s market integration has been faster than any other modern technology we can remember,\u201d he said. \u201cIf you look at blockchain, we\u2019re still very much focused on integrating with TradFi and broader Web3 markets like gaming, real-world tokenization, etc.\u201d
\nHe added: \u201cBlockchain still hasn\u2019t penetrated the more conventional consumer-oriented markets. It will, in the near future, but we are not there yet.\u201d
\nBlockchain and AI are not competing for talent
\n\u201cAI and blockchain aren\u2019t competing for talent; they\u2019re working together to create new opportunities,\u201d Yakov Lebedev, chief business development officer at 3Commas, a trading automation solution, told Cointelegraph.
\nCombining the two technologies enables \u201csophisticated financial tools accessible for everyone, not just big institutions, he said, adding:
\n\u201cCompanies are paying top dollar for professionals who understand both AI and blockchain, recognizing the value of this cross-domain expertise.\u201d\u00a0
\nLebedev added that the integration of blockchain with AI is driving steady job growth in both fields, as financial and tech firms move integrated solutions from pilot programs into core operations.
\nThanks to the synergistic benefits of the two technologies, blockchain job growth may start mirroring the AI industry, according to Adi Ben-Ari, founder and CEO at Applied Blockchain, an AI-powered blockchain development firm.
\nAI technology is \u201cprobabilistic and introduces uncertainty,\u201d which creates more demand for blockchain and cryptographic technologies, he told Cointelegraph.
\n\u201cAI produces outcomes that are not always accurate, can be fake, and can sometimes be incorrect,\u201d he said. \u201cThis new uncertainty needs to be countered by a technology that brings absolute certainty, and this is where blockchain and cryptography come in.\u201d
\nBen-Ari added that blockchain\u2019s ability to secure sensitive information through cryptography would become increasingly important as AI consumes larger amounts of personal data.
\nLUNA payments to STIX protocol. Source: BasescanAI agents are already using cryptocurrency for autonomous transactions. On Dec. 16, 2024, Luna, an AI agent on Virtuals Protocol, paid another AI agent from STIX Protocol, in exchange for its image generation services \u2014 sending $1.77 worth of Virtual (VIRTUAL) tokens, onchain data shows.
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