Blockchain.com
Blockchain.com is a cryptocurrency exchange and wallet provider that has raised $600M in funding, most recently in a Series E round in late 2023. The London-based company employs 1,200 people.
The growth story
Blockchain.com grew from 769 to 1,200 employees between 2023 and 2026, raising $600M along the way, most recently a Series E in November 2023.
About
Blockchain.com operates a platform for buying, selling and storing cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin and Ethereum. Its wallet and exchange services cater to retail investors looking to trade digital assets.
The company has scaled to over 1,000 employees and attracted investment from firms like DST Global and Baillie Gifford. Its $600M total funding suggests strong investor confidence in its position in the crypto infrastructure space.
Founders and leadership
Engineering makes up the largest function with 74 employees. Leadership appears stable with a median tenure of 4 years among staff.
The Blockchain.com org chart
Peter Smith (Co-Founder, Executive Chairman & CEO) leads 52 mapped leaders with 8 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 254 (+10% YoY), Finance 247 (+3% YoY), Business Development 86 (+6% YoY), Sales 85 (+5% YoY), Marketing 51 (+21% YoY), Entrepreneurship 49 (+2% YoY).
Talent flow
Many employees come from traditional finance (EY, JPMorgan, Deloitte) and crypto firms (Coinbase). Alumni frequently move to other crypto exchanges like OKX and Kraken or tech firms like Google.
Most common previous employers of Blockchain.com staff: EY (10), JPMorganChase (9), Deloitte (9), HSBC (8), Accenture (8), Coinbase (7). Former Blockchain.com employees most often moved to Google (6), bp (5), OKX (5), Bilrost (5), Monzo (5), Kraken (4).
Alumni worth knowing
The Blockchain.com mafia
Blockchain.com alumni have founded 55 companies including Redesign Health (257 employees) and Kiloverse (191 employees), showing entrepreneurial spillover from the crypto sector.
58Abhi S., was Software Developer until 2015Aidas Niaura, was Risk Strategy Analyst until 2023Sanj Ahilan, was Senior Quant until 2022Liana M. Douillet Guzmán (she/her), was Advisor until 2020Franco Nigro, was Finance & International Capital Markets Sr. Analyst until 2021Vlad Ilyushchenko, was Exchange Infrastructure Developer until 2019
Nicolas Hourcard, CFA, was Corporate Strategy until 2019
George Marangos-Gilks, was Markets & Lending Strategy and Operations Lead until 2022
Youmna Chamcham, was Creative Designer until 2015
Ervin Lim, was Global Head of Sales Institutional until 2023
Clarence Lim, was Principal Trader (Team Lead, OTC Spot) until 2023
Malena Martin, was Head of marketing & Product until 2022
Daniele Azzaro I CAMS I MBA, was Non Executive Advisor until 2018
Silvia Chen, was Head of Product, Exchange until 2023
Peter Hsu, was Engineering Manager - Exchange Client Experience until 2023
Justin Tormey, was Software Developer until 2019
Nopawan Vince, was Blockchain startup until 2017
Miguel Trasobares, was Engineering Manager (Institutional) until 2022
William Ou, was Strategy & Partnerships until 2016
Charlie Garcia, MHC, CCC, MSc, MBA, was HRIS & People Operations Senior Manager until 2024
Jack Stettner, was Software Engineering Intern until 2018
Prince kumar, was Investment In Crypto, Stocks until 2018
Alvaro D., was General Manager CO until 2015
William Profit, was Data Science Intern until 2021
Sarah Maxwell, was VP of Marketing, Communications, and Expansion until 2020
Guillaume Rufenacht, was Quantitative Trader until 2025
Patrick Dahdah, was Data Engineer until 2022
Divakar Choudhary, was Engineer - Smart Contract Developer until 2018
Edozié Izegbu, was Software Engineer until 2020
Daniel Cullender, was Senior Staff Engineer, Markets until 2019
MUTEBI BASHIR, was Research Assistant until 2018
Dr. Danielius Kolisovas, was Chief Risk Officer until 2020
Kagen Robertson, was Blockchain Investment Consultant until 2019
Dan Held, was Product Team Lead until 2014
Grayson Ho, was Software Engineer until 2022
Sam Spalter, was Head of Global Partnerships until 2024
Brooks Wallace, was Head Of Communications until 2023
Pablo Lefort, was Senior Software Engineer Technical Lead until 2025
Collins Takem, was Customer Success & Operations Specialist until 2022
Michelle Bond, was Global Head of Policy until 2019
Alexandra Marciniak, was Head of Institutional Marketing & Sales Enablement until 2022
Nitesh Kumar, MD, MBA, ACHE, CBIS, was Executive Board Director until 2022
Guillaume Pernelle, was Principal Quantitative Researcher until 2022
Roshni Dattani, was Senior Compliance Associate | Audit, Risk and Data Privacy Lead until 2020
Pedro Pinheiro, was Engineering Manager until 2019
Andrew Schneider, was Head Of Web Engineering until 2022
Melise Williams, was Talent Acquisition Associate until 2022
Ruben de Bruin, was Trainee Legal Counsel until 2025
Dr. Gul, was Equity Trader until 2014
Paul Blom, was Senior Quantitative Trader until 2023
Ian Mair, was Head of US Public Policy until 2023
Dovilė Valiuškytė, was User Operations Associate until 2021
David Shapiro, was Marketing Manager until 2017
Ahmad Ali, was Blockchain Advisor until 2023
Timothy Lee, was Software Engineer until 2015
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Web traffic
Traffic mix: 67% direct, 16% search, 2% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Blockchain.com: Project Management (123), Microsoft Excel (121), Communication (119), Microsoft Office (114), Leadership (107), Python (Programming Language) (103), English (102), Customer Service (100).
Where the team actually sits
Blockchain.com people are concentrated in England, United Kingdom (76), United Kingdom (47), Argentina (25), New York, United States (24).
Search footprint
Blockchain.com attracts about 149,100 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $181K a month if bought through ads. It gained 10,134 ranking keywords and lost 7,384 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.00 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 4.10 / 5
- Senior management
- 4.00 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 4.10 / 5
Frequently asked
Blockchain.com has 1,200 employees as of September 2026.
Blockchain.com has raised $600M in total, most recently a Series E round in November 2023.
Blockchain.com was founded in 2011 by Nicolas Cary, Peter Smith, Ben R..
Peter Smith (Co-Founder, Executive Chairman & CEO) sits at the top of Blockchain.com's reporting structure, with 8 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Blockchain.com staff are EY (10 people), JPMorganChase (9 people), Deloitte (9 people).
Former Blockchain.com employees most often move to Google (6), bp (5), OKX (5).
At least 55 companies have a founder who previously worked at Blockchain.com, including Redesign Health, Kiloverse, Solve Intelligence.
Blockchain.com attracts about 149,100 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $181K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Blockchain.com staff are Project Management, Microsoft Excel, Communication, Microsoft Office, Leadership.
Blockchain.com staff are concentrated in England, United Kingdom (76), United Kingdom (47), Argentina (25).
Blockchain.com has about 254 people in Engineering, up 10% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Blockchain.com has about 247 people in Finance, up 3% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 528 current and 913 former Blockchain.com profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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