2025-12-04 06:47:58

On December 3, 2025, an attention-worthy voice emerged during Dubai Blockchain Week. He Yi, co-founder of a leading exchange, stated bluntly in an interview: What is the biggest current challenge? The density of talent can't keep up.

Talent pools in traditional finance and the internet sector are already well-established, but what about the crypto space? It's easily labeled and misunderstood. As a result, the number of truly capable and willing Web3 candidates is far below expectations.

This isn't just a problem for one platform. The entire industry is facing the same predicament—technology is advancing rapidly, ecosystems are expanding, but the talent supply chain supporting all of this remains constantly stretched. The invisible barriers caused by industry stigmatization have become a real bottleneck for Web3 development.

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gaslight_gasfeez

· 12-05 15:09

To put it bluntly, our circle has a really bad reputation, the technology is advancing rapidly but the talent can't keep up... This is the real ceiling.

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AlwaysAnon

· 12-05 02:42

To put it bluntly, the reputation of the community is too bad. Who would dare to openly say they're involved in crypto?

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GamefiGreenie

· 12-04 07:18

To be honest, the stigmatization is really self-inflicted... People outside just hear "crypto" and immediately think it’s a scam. No matter how much we hype it up within the circle, it’s useless. There’s a serious brain drain. Several top talents I met last year have all switched to traditional finance. Who wants to be asked by their family every day, "Are you still working on that scam stuff?" No matter how good the tech is, it can’t withstand public opinion. That’s a real ceiling for us. I’m worried that if this keeps going, Web3 will just become an amusement park for small-town youths... We really can’t keep top talent. Isn’t it just a matter of needing a few benchmark cases to flip the impression? Why is it so hard? After hearing He Yi talk about it, it really feels like the industry is seriously ill. The industry has to find a way to clean up its image, otherwise, no matter how good the project is, it won’t attract top people. It seems like it’s not just about money—it’s a trust crisis across the whole ecosystem. He Yi’s words really hit home. Our circle really has messed things up.

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memecoin_therapy

· 12-04 07:14

You're absolutely right, this is a vicious cycle... Few people → incomplete ecosystem → negative publicity → even fewer people join. How do we break this?

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0xSunnyDay

· 12-04 07:11

To be honest, the issue of stigmatization is really extreme; so many talented people have been scared away. With such a huge talent gap, yet outsiders still treat us like scammers—who would want that? Technical geniuses would rather go work for big companies as cogs in the machine than be asked, "Are you a fraud?" He Yi is absolutely right; this is exactly where the bottleneck lies. If this isn't resolved, no amount of money can build an ecosystem.

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AllInDaddy

· 12-04 07:02

To be honest, this is the real bottleneck issue—it stings even more than any policy risk. When it comes to talent, it's really a dead end. All the top people have been poached by traditional finance. Who's responsible for the industry's stigmatization? Is it public opinion or those projects that blew up? If compliance isn't handled well, the talent drain begins, and it's a vicious cycle. He Yi really hit the nail on the head—having money without people is useless. If Web3 wants to turn things around, it has to clean up its image first. Otherwise, no matter how much noise it makes, it won't help.

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Blockblind

· 12-04 06:58

To put it bluntly, the community has a terrible reputation—who would want to join? Talented people are staying far away. The talent shortage has long been obvious; He Yi just finally said it out loud. Technology is advancing rapidly, but people can't keep up. That's the current reality, and it's so frustrating to be in this predicament. We have to shoulder the blame for the bad reputation ourselves—can't blame others for not wanting to join. If the pay was good, all kinds of talent would come. The real question is, how much can you actually offer?

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CryptoTherapist

· 12-04 06:54

ngl the talent gap hits different when you realize it's not just a skill issue—it's collective portfolio trauma. we're all walking around with rugpull ptsd and the normies sense it.

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