Institutional crypto custody is one of the fastest-growing employment sectors in Web3. Signalmap tracks three of the most significant custody firms — Fireblocks, Anchorage Digital, and BitGo — and their hiring data reveals a sector in aggressive expansion mode.
Fireblocks: enterprise infrastructure at scale
Fireblocks consistently shows one of the highest engineering hiring velocities in the custody sector. MPC (multi-party computation) protocol engineers, API platform developers, and enterprise integration specialists are the core hiring profile. New in 2026: institutional prime brokerage roles and Asia-Pacific business development hires signal geographic expansion.
Anchorage Digital: the bank charter advantage
As the only federally chartered digital asset bank in the US, Anchorage's hiring reflects its unique regulatory position. Compliance and banking operations roles account for ~35% of new hires — significantly higher than peers. This compliance-heavy profile is both a cost and a moat. New in 2026: tokenized asset custody and ETF-specific operational roles, signaling Anchorage's positioning for the institutional ETF wave.
BitGo: multi-sig and prime services
BitGo's hiring shows growth in prime services — trading, lending, and borrowing against custodied assets. This mirrors the "custody plus" trend across the sector. Engineering hiring is concentrated on multi-signature infrastructure and API reliability, consistent with institutional SLA requirements.
Track all three at Fireblocks, Anchorage, and BitGo.