How Blockchain’s Playing Catch-Up with AI Jobs and Kinda Crushing It

Right, so blockchain is that kid in tech class who shows up fashionably late, looking all mysterious but still scissors the job party short compared to AI. By 2030, maybe, just maybe, it’ll stop lurking in the shadows.

Here’s the tea: blockchain jobs globally are hanging out at a comfy 300,000 gigs, while AI strutted in with a whopping 1.5 million, and software devs are tossing a 25 million-strong rave. Bitget Research whispered these numbers into CryptoMoon’s ear, so we know it’s legit.

This year, blockchain did add around 20,000 jobs—cheers, I guess? These listings come from the usual suspects: LinkedIn stalking, Web3 Jobs scrolling, and Crypto Job List scrolling harder.

Fun fact: blockchain’s annual job growth rate is a sprightly 45%, which sounds impressive until AI’s burning hot at 57%. So yeah, blockchain’s running, but AI’s sprinting.

Vugar Usi Zade, the debonair COO of Bitget exchange, spilled the beans: Venture capitalists tossed over $100 billion into AI startups in 2024 because nothing screams trendy quite like AI. Meanwhile, blockchain companies barely managed to flash $5.4 billion and a meager 20,000 openings. Ouch.

Blockchain’s Dream: 1 Million Jobs by 2030? (Keep Your Fingers Crossed)

While AI jobs are basically doing Dimash’s high notes, rising 75% to 100% yearly, blockchain is humming a steady 45% to 60%. Not bad, but also not headline-grabbing.

Word from the cool kids: if blockchain can scale up to AI’s speed, it might cross the million-jobs finish line. But first, it needs some love from regulatory gods like Europe’s MiCA, which launched in late 2024 and is already making hiring freezes thaw like butter in the sun.

“Europe’s MiCA rule-book, live since December 2024, is already thawing hiring freezes; similar clarity in the United States and Asia would unlock global head-count plans.”

Plus, let’s talk Ethereum’s Dencun upgrade, slashing Layer-2 fees by more than 95%. Basically, blockchain is now saying, “Hey, corporate world, come play with me,” without making your wallet cry.

Jawad Ashraf, CEO of Vanar Chain, reminds us AI’s stealing the limelight because it’s already zoomed into the mainstream market faster than a caffeinated cheetah. Blockchain? Still swiping right on TradFi and niche Web3 stuff like gaming and tokenization. So no, it’s not ready for prime time just yet.

Not a Fight Club: Blockchain and AI Actually Like Each Other

Yakov Lebedev from 3Commas says AI and blockchain aren’t throwing punches over talent—they’re brewing a friendship cocktail combining powers to create financial tools that even your nan could use.

Companies are throwing cash at folks who get both AI and blockchain, which sounds like the best job requirement ever for anyone who secretly wanted to be a tech wizard with a fancy hat.

“Companies are paying top dollar for professionals who understand both AI and blockchain, recognizing the value of this cross-domain expertise.” 

This bromance is driving job growth as more companies stop playing pilot program hopscotch and make AI-blockchain mashups their main act.

Adi Ben-Ari, who runs Applied Blockchain (smelling like a tech-savvy superhero), points out that AI is like that one friend who sometimes bluffs or exaggerates, and blockchain’s the paranoid pal making sure nothing gets faked or messed up.

“AI produces outcomes that are not always accurate, can be fake, and can sometimes be incorrect,” he says. Blockchain swoops in like a cryptographic guardian angel, promising certainty in a world of ‘maybe yesses’.

Ah, and as AI guzzles data like a teenager downing energy drinks, blockchain’s cryptography will be the bouncer keeping your secrets safe.

In a world where AI agents pay each other with crypto because, why not, on Dec. 16, 2024, Luna (an AI agent with impeccable taste) gave STIX Protocol’s AI agent $1.77 in Virtual tokens for some sweet image generation. Because even AI knows art ain’t free.

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