AAA wanted more than 100 engineers: 21Shares company offers over a hundred hyper-skilled jobs in technology applied to finance; the profiles concern in particular experts in Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence. There is only one flaw (if you consider it such): none of these jobs are offered in Italy, all in New York, Berlin and Zurich.
21Shares is the world leader in cryptocurrency ETPs, with 14 dedicated products (more than any other in the world) including the first physically replicated indices on Bitcoin, Ethereum and Crypto. In 2018 he built Hodl, the world‘s first ETP on a cryptocurrency basket listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange.
Today the product range includes: 9 single ETPs on cryptocurrencies, 4 baskets and 1 short on Bitcoin.
Through 21Shares Ag, investors can easily access the asset class with the best performances of the last decade (which remain so, despite the declines of the last month). Investors buying ETPs on the available exchanges and only have to worry about the rise or fall of cryptocurrencies. Therefore, there are no longer problems related to electronic wallets such as losing your password, losing your tablet or mobile phone or being subjected to cyber attacks.
21Shares products are listed on the following exchanges:
German stock exchange Xetra
SIX Swiss Exchange
Euronext Paris
Vienna Stock Exchange
Stuttgart Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange Duesseldorf
BX Swiss
Euronext Amsterdam
In essence, 21Shares made it possible to invest in cryptocurrencies as it does with shares, just as ETCs made it possible, years ago, to invest in commodities such as oil or precious metals. The parallel is not casual because both operations had Massimo Siano as protagonists, until a couple of years ago in charge of Italy (from London) of ETF Securities and now Managing Director for Southern Europe (from Zurich) of 21Shares .
We asked Siano precisely why a finance company needs to hire such a large batch of engineers. “Our company – Siano replies – is a hybrid between a financial company, which shares products, and a hi-tech company. This gives us a significant advantage over the competition. But it also creates a problem for us in a phase of strong growth: in June of last year we were practically a startup and we had raised only 35 million dollars, today we have grown to 2 billion and we have to strengthen our technological infrastructure. We are looking for engineers from all over the world, not only from Italy, but Italians are welcome: if you send us a CV we will be very happy to examine it. Also keep in mind that in a still small but rapidly developing company like ours there will be great career opportunities.
Objection. Isn’t this a bad time for cryptocurrencies? Siano denies it: “Of course it is a highly volatile market, but for example, Bitcoin was worth 8,000 a year ago, then it rose to 60,000, then dropped to 30,000, but those who bought a year ago earn 300% despite the recent decline. The gain of Ethereum is even stronger: in January 2020 on 100 euros, then it touched 2 thousand, then it fell, but it is still well above 2 thousand. There are a thousand cryptocurrencies in the world, of which 200 are liquid. We believe that our sector will be in great growth over the next ten years ”.
Last question. Why are 21Shares products not listed in Milan too? Massimo Siano replies: “I don’t know the reason, but the reactions are very varied depending on the country. Grmania proved to be the most open country, after Switzerland, while the United States is lagging behind: some ETPs on cryptocurrencies have been quoted in Canada, but not in the United States “.