The crypto-finance broadsheet
Ledger Signals
What crypto’s hiring data says about crypto finance.
Vol. I · No. 1Week of June 22, 2026
Signal of the WeekIndex: The Crypto Tool Curve →
Tool stack mentions stayed below five percent of open finance roles
Tool stack mentions landed at 3.9% today across open finance roles. That comes from 2 mentions over a denominator of 51 active finance listings.
A reading this low means many teams are still posting finance roles without naming the actual operating stack. That reduces signal quality for the market and hides where tooling standards are really settling.
The next question is whether disclosure rises first in crypto native teams or in later stage operators cleaning up finance systems. That is the right canary to watch.
Source: The Crypto Tool Curve · a Ledger Signals canary
By the Numbers
The Stall Report
Where finance hiring is stalling
Share of open senior-finance roles live 60+ days, by crypto sub-sector.
| Sub-sector | Open | Stale 60+ | Stall rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| infra rpc data | 53 | 34 | 64% |
| defi protocol | 31 | 19 | 61% |
| defi trading | 57 | 29 | 51% |
| crypto unclassified | 2293 | 1166 | 51% |
| stablecoin issuer | 22 | 11 | 50% |
| l1 l2 foundation | 68 | 33 | 49% |
| custody wallet | 283 | 131 | 46% |
| fintech crypto hybrid | 273 | 91 | 33% |
| rwa tokenization | 29 | 8 | 28% |
Credentials in Demand
- cpa112
- big478
- gaap asc53
- finra sec44
- sox40
- msb mtl26
- nydfs15
- pcaob6
Tooling Named
- bitwave1
- taxbit1
- cryptio0
- softledger0
- ledgible0
- cryptoworth0
- lukka0