Crypto-Paid Professionals Triple Last Year as Best Wallet Opens the Way to Adoption
Crypto salaries are becoming an increasingly normalised part of the Web3 workplace, according to venture capital company Pantera Capital.
In 2024, 9.6% of respondents to Pantera Capital’s survey indicated they’re being paid crypto, which is more than triple the 3% we saw back in 2023.
Overall, 90% of payouts were transacted in a stablecoin. Around 63% of the survey’s 1,600 respondents are being paid in $USDC, indicating increasing trust in dollar-backed coins. Given the US’ shift towards crypto friendly legislation, we’d expect to see this trend continue in 2025.
Pantera Capital’s report suggests Circle’s $USDC is increasingly overtaking Tether’s $USDT as the crypto of choice for payroll and…
