Two companies sitting at the intersection of traditional finance and crypto — MoonPay and Nubank — are running some of the most interesting hiring signals in 2026. Neither gets the attention of Coinbase or Binance, but their hiring patterns may be more predictive of the next mass-adoption wave.
MoonPay: From On-Ramp to Full-Stack Crypto Finance
MoonPay processes billions in crypto on-ramp volume annually. In 2026, their hiring signal has shifted dramatically: they're no longer just hiring for on-ramp infrastructure. New roles include institutional sales, card program managers, NFT marketplace engineers, and — crucially — crypto banking compliance experts with bank charter experience.
Signal: MoonPay is building toward a full crypto-native financial services product — potentially a crypto credit card, a stablecoin wallet, or even a bank charter application. The institutional sales push suggests a B2B payments infrastructure play for banks who want to offer crypto without building it themselves.
Nubank: Brazil's 100M-Customer Crypto Push
Nubank, the world's largest neobank by customer count (100M+ across Brazil, Mexico, Colombia), has been offering Bitcoin and Ethereum since 2022. Their current hiring signal is very different: blockchain infrastructure engineers, DeFi protocol specialists, and on-chain compliance engineers are the dominant new hires.
This is not consumer crypto feature expansion. This is the backend build for a Nubank-native blockchain or DeFi product — potentially their own token, a yield product on DeFi rails, or a stablecoin for LatAm settlements.
Signal: Major Nubank crypto product announcement in H2 2026. The infrastructure hiring is too deep to be for a feature update — this is a product-level build.
Why This Matters for the Crypto Market
MoonPay and Nubank together reach hundreds of millions of users who are not currently deep in crypto. When these two companies launch new products, they bring new capital into the ecosystem. Their hiring signals are leading indicators for the next wave of retail and institutional on-ramp volume.