Crypto salaries are falling across the board despite Bitcoin’s record-breaking run this year, as companies lean on cost discipline and normalize pay after years of aggressive expansion. The downturn spans nearly every role and region, with both cash pay and token incentives shrinking from last year’s levels, according to the 2024/2025 Crypto Compensation Report from venture capital firm Dragonfly. “Overall, we’d call crypto compensation in 2024 and early 2025 a down market, and practices still felt relative ...

Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. What started as Silicon Valley’s latest perk could become corporate America’s next compliance headache. The IRS's sweeping new digital asset reporting rules are transforming crypto payroll from an HR novelty into an audit magnet, leaving employers scrambling to understand wallet-level basis tracking before they face penalties that can reach 15% of unpaid taxes. The wake-up call comes as Form 1099-DA and Re ...