Ripple 是一家著名的区块链和加密货币解决方案提供商，周四宣布在加拿大开设新办事处。
面对加密货币市场持续的大规模抛售和裁员，这家总部位于旧金山的加密货币初创公司仍在着眼于扩张，不受不稳定因素的影响。
Ripple 计划为其多伦多基地雇用 50 名工程师。它的目标之一是招募数百名区块链软件开发人员，包括数据科学家和应用机器学习专家。
这将是 Ripple 的第一个加拿大总部，因为他们将继续在整个北美扩张。
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根据 Ripple 首席执行官 Brad Garlinghouse 的说法：
“加密货币和区块链为工程师提供了解决复杂问题的绝佳机会，这些解决方案有可能影响全球价值流动。”
Ripple 提供多种解决方案，包括跨境支付和用于铸造、维护、交易和消除中央银行数字货币 (CBDC) 的完整平台。
技术业务发展迅速，但人力资源一直是一个主要问题。
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由于开发人员是一种稀缺商品，而加密行业是一个更加专业的子行业，因此组织本质上是在竞相聘用和留住这些人才。
目前，专利正在从大型技术转移到区块链领域，或者转移到与被认为是下一个技术步骤相关的风险投资。
到 6 月中旬，全球加密货币市值已从约 2.26 万亿美元下降至 9860 亿美元，比前两个半月下降了 56%，Celsius 和 Terra 等公司步履蹒跚。
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加林豪斯说：“加密货币是最有趣的工作领域之一，因此人才离开传统金融和科技公司进入这一领域也就不足为奇了。”
据报道，在本月的前三周，加密货币和区块链公司终止了约 1,700 名员工的工作合同。
Ripple 强调其主要目标之一是促进加密和区块链生态系统中杰出人才的成长。
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多伦多的新办事处是该公司在加拿大推广与加密相关的创新目标的一部分。
Ripple 已经在该地区建立了大学区块链研究计划 (UBRI)，并与包括滑铁卢大学和多伦多城市大学在内的大学和学院合作。
与此同时，Ripple 与美国证券交易委员会之间正在进行的法律纠纷出现了新的转机，法院驳回了 SEC 要求封存诉讼程序的请求。
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