RDX Works, the team behind the Radix decentralized finance (DeFi) platform, has axed 15% of its workforce, citing a need to lower costs.
The Radix network launched its mainnet in July 2023 and offers developer tools to build and run decentralized applications (DApps) and financial services on the blockchain.
Piers Ridyard, the company’s CEO, confirmed in an Aug. 29 statement in the company’s official Telegram group that the staff cuts are to “refocus” and are part of a “more comprehensive set of changes that need to be made.”
“One of these is also cost cutting. As part of this, we, RDX Works, has taken the difficult decision to reduce total staff by around 15%, which has been done today,” he said.
Source: Radix DLT Official
On LinkedIn, around 71 people have listed themselves as currently working at RDX Works across varying roles, such as software engineers, cybersecurity analysts, ambassadors and designers. Some are listed as freelancers.
Ridyard claims key projects at RDX, such as its test network Cassandra and multifactor account persona control and recovery, are “unlikely to be affected” by the changes.
However, he did concede that “some familiar faces or points of contact with RDX Works may be disrupted” in the short term.
“We work to make sure handovers are as smooth as possible, but ask for patience as things may be a little slower than usual over the coming days/weeks as we adjust.”
The Radix (XRD) token hasn’t been hugely affected by the news. CoinGecko shows that the XRD price has risen by 1% to $0.02352 in the last 24 hours.
However, the token is still down over 96% since achieving its all-time high of $0.6513 on Nov. 14, 2021.
The Radix ecosystem token price hasn’t changed much based on the news of staff cuts. Source: CoinGecko
The staff layoff comes on the heels of a newly announced partnership deal.
RDX announced on Aug. 27 that it had entered into a strategic development partnership with digital asset market maker Keyrock, asset manager G-20, and crypto high-frequency trading firm Portofino to introduce flash liquidity to the Radix ecosystem.
According to RDX, flash liquidity’s “goal is to make any crypto asset, regardless of its native blockchain, liquid and accessible within the ecosystem.”
In March 2023, the company also laid off 25% of its workforce around the same time as other firms in the crypto space, but the cuts were focused almost entirely on business support teams rather than technical roles.
Cointelegraph has contacted RDX Works for comment.
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