American crypto exchange Kraken has laid off staff, making it the third major company in the space to do so this week—despite a surging Bitcoin price that nearly touched an all-time high on Tuesday.

The San Francisco-based exchange also said that Arjun Sethi has joined as co-CEO alongside David Ripley. Sethi is also co-founder and Chairman at Tribe Capital, and previously was part of the executive team at web pioneer Yahoo. Alongside the appointment, Kraken framed the layoffs as a pivot for the crypto firm.

"To continue forging our path ahead and put Kraken in contention to become the largest crypto platform in the world, we need to be leaner and faster," the company said in a Wednesday statement.

Kraken did not give further details on the amount of staff cut, and declined further comment to Decrypt beyond pointing to its published statement. New York Times tech reporter Mike Issac said on Twitter (aka X) that Kraken had cut 15% of its staff, citing two people at the company.

Ethereum software giant Consensys on Tuesday announced it had laid off 20% of its global workforce, or 163 employees. Later that day, decentralized exchange dYdX's CEO Antonio Juliano said the company had cut 35% of its staff, but did not specify how many people were impacted by the move.

Editor's note: This is a breaking news story and will be updated with more details.

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