USDC Drives 3x Surge in Crypto Payrolls Over Past Year

With the increased adoption of cryptocurrency and its inherent nature of facilitating simplified, cross-border transactions, there has been a massive crypto payroll surge over the last year. According to Pantera Capital’s 2024 Blockchain Compensation Survey, published on 5 August 2025, more than three times as many people received compensation in cryptocurrency compared to the previous.. The post USDC Drives 3x Surge in Crypto Payrolls Over Past Year appeared first on 99Bitcoins.

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Aug 8, 2025 - 02:00

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With the increased adoption of cryptocurrency and its inherent nature of facilitating simplified, cross-border transactions, there has been a massive crypto payroll surge over the last year.

According to Pantera Capital’s 2024 Blockchain Compensation Survey, published on 5 August 2025, more than three times as many people received compensation in cryptocurrency compared to the previous year.

Additionally, the survey highlighted USDC standing out as the most popular digital asset for payroll purposes. Interestingly, USDC made up 63% of all salaries paid in digital assets, way ahead of USDT’s 38.6% share.

Other tokens like Solana and Ethereum trailed behind, representing just 1.9% and 1.3% respectively.

The survey articulated that in 2023, only 3% of its participants received a portion of their salary in crypto. By 2024, that percentage had more than tripled to 9.6%.

The number of crypto pros paid in digital assets tripled in 2024 now 9.6% get salaries in crypto.
Circle’s $USDC leads with 63% of all crypto payrolls, per Pantera Capital.
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