Bitcoin at Rs 16 lakh, NYDIG trims workforce to a third and more

Bitcoin firm NYDIG lays off about a third of employees

Bitcoin company NYDIG laid off about a third of its workforce last month to cut costs, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. NYDIG, a unit of Stone Ridge Holdings, operates a full-stack bitcoin platform which delivers the cryptocurrency across industries including financial technology, insurance and banking. The company laid off around 110 people on Sept. 22, weeks before replacing its top two executives, the WSJ reported. Read details here