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Forbes reviews the upcoming “Blockchain Week” in NYC and its headline event (the Consensus conference), which will draw key speakers such as Square and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. Though NYC seems to be an emerging crypto hub, with more current job openings than Silicon Valley, Forbes reviews how this tech trend is in fact more global than many historical trends.
Hogrebe, SVP at NYCEDC, wants to see more crypto in New York. “The goal is really to plant that flag and send a very clear message that we want to work with you, want to support you, and we ultimately want NYC to be the global capital for blockchain,” he says. “We think there’s already a tremendous presence here in New York, but it’s also a nascent community. If we don't plant a flag and make strategic investments, New York could lose that critical mass.”Demand for blockchain-related jobs is currently higher in New York City than San Francisco’s Bay Area, according to job analytics firm Burning Glass. That wasn’t always the case—in 2015, the Bay Area had 250 openings compared with New York’s 93. But as of November 2017, New York had 745 openings compared with the Bay Area’s 662.
