“In response to evolving market dynamics, CertiK undertook a strategic workforce adjustment today, impacting fewer than 15% of our colleagues," according to an emailed statement from co-founder and CEO Ronghui Gu. "Our primary aim is to recalibrate our team structure to better align with our long-term strategic aspirations. CertiK remains committed to our mission and is confident that these changes are essential steps towards achieving our goals.”

The move adds to a wave of staffing reductions across the blockchain industry, with prices for bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) stalling out well below their previous market highs. Just over the past few weeks, cuts have been made at Chia Network, Chainalysis and Yield Protocol, Blocknative, Ledger and Yuga Labs.

Last yeart, CertiK closed a $60 million funding round backed by SoftBank Vision Fund and Tiger Global. The funding came two weeks after CertiK announced an $88 million round led by Insight Partners at a $2 billion valuation.

Headquartered in New York City, CertiK offers a set of end-to-end security solutions that can make the company a one-stop shop for customers. Products include code auditing, threat monitoring and asset tracing.

The security service was founded in 2018 by Gu, a computer science professor at Columbia University, and Yale University professor Zhong Shao.

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Bradley Keoun

Bradley Keoun is CoinDesk's managing editor of tech & protocols, where he oversees a team of reporters covering blockchain technology, and previously ran the global crypto markets team. A two-time Loeb Awards finalist, he previously was chief global finance and economic correspondent for TheStreet and before that worked as an editor and reporter for Bloomberg News in New York and Mexico City, reporting on Wall Street, emerging markets and the energy industry. He started out as a police-beat reporter for the Gainesville Sun in Florida and later worked as a general-assignment reporter for the Chicago Tribune. Originally from Fort Wayne, Indiana, he double-majored in electrical engineering and classical studies as an undergraduate at Duke University and later obtained a master's in journalism from the University of Florida. He is currently based in Austin, Texas, and in his spare time plays guitar, sings in a choir and hikes in the Texas Hill Country. He owns less than $1,000 each of several cryptocurrencies.