加密交易所克雷肯（Kraken）在潛在的公共上市之前裁定了數百名員工

在過去的幾個月中

Crypto exchange giant Kraken has laid off hundreds of staffers across all areas of the business over the past several months, as the firm continues to streamline its operations ahead of a potential public listing in the U.S., according to two people familiar with the situation.

據兩名熟悉情況的人說，在過去的幾個月中，加密交易所巨頭克雷肯（Kraken）在過去幾個月中裁定了業務各個領域的數百名員工，因為該公司繼續在美國潛在的公開上市之前簡化其運營。

Kraken was reported to have laid off 400 staff, or about 15% of its workforce, at the end of October last year, when Silicon Valley investor and Kraken board member Arjun Sethi became co-CEO alongside David Ripley, who took the reins when former CEO Jesse Powell stepped down in 2023.

據報導，克雷肯（Kraken）於去年10月底放棄了400名員工，約佔其勞動力的15％，當時矽谷投資者和克萊肯董事會成員Arjun Sethi與David Ripley一起成為聯合首席執行官，後者在2023年前首席執行官Jesse Powell登上了Reins。

Since Sethi became co-CEO, “hundreds more have gone,” said a person familiar with the situation, who pointed to a rolling program of firings over and above the 15% cut late last year.

一位知情人士說，自從塞西成為聯合首席執行官以來，“又有數百人消失了。

“They're culling aggressively across all functions, and it's a constant and ongoing thing. It’s about improving Kraken’s EBITA [earnings before interest, tax and amortization],” the person said.

該人說：“他們在所有功能上都積極地淘汰，這是一件恆定而持續的事情。這是關於改善克雷肯的ebita（利息之前的收入，稅收和攤銷）。”

When the CEO role was split last year, Sethi and Ripley said in a blog post that there was a need to shed “organizational layers” that had accumulated in Kraken, and make the business “leaner and faster.”

去年首席執行官角色分裂時，塞西（Sethi）和里普利（Ripley）在博客文章中說，有必要放棄“組織層”在克萊克（Kraken）中積累的“組織層”，並使業務“更加精簡，更快”。

Several crypto firms are currently getting their houses in order to launch an initial public offering (IPO) this year or early next year. Kraken has also been pushing for increased revenues by acquiring businesses such as derivatives platform Ninja Trader, for instance, and recently announcing the addition of stock trading.

目前，幾家加密公司正在獲取房屋，以便今年或明年年初推出首次公開募股（IPO）。例如，Kraken還通過收購諸如衍生品平台Ninja Trader之類的企業來推動收入增加，並最近宣布增加股票交易。

"Kraken's business is thriving. We're launching more new products than ever before, driving strong revenue growth, and rapidly expanding across our entire product portfolio — including through the agreement to acquire NinjaTrader, announced earlier this year," a Kraken representative told CoinDesk.

一位代表告訴Coindesk：“ Kraken的業務發展蓬勃發展。我們正在推出比以往任何時候都多的新產品，推動了強勁的收入增長，並在整個產品組合中迅速擴展，包括通過收購Ninjatrader的協議，今年早些時候宣布。”

"At the same time, we continuously evaluate our workforce to ensure it aligns with our strategic priorities. We're approaching this with discipline and intention, making the difficult decision to eliminate certain roles and consolidate teams where redundancies exist, while continuing to hire in key areas of the business," the Kraken spokesperson said.

“ Kraken Spokesperson The Kraken Spokespers表示，我們不斷評估我們的勞動力，以確保其與戰略重點保持一致。我們正在以紀律和意圖接近這一點，從而艱難地決定消除某些角色並鞏固存在裁員的團隊，同時繼續在業務的關鍵領域僱用”。