Michael Shlayen

Connecting Web3, Crypto, Blockchain, AI Ecosystems - Recruitment | Executive Search | Talent & Jobs | VC | Funding | Marketing | Advisory | Real Estate | Bitcoin | Ethereum | DeFi

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🚀 About Me

With over two decades in recruitment, executive search, marketing, and consulting, I help founders, funds, and teams scale globally.

In 2016, I discovered Bitcoin and blockchain and immediately recognized their potential to reshape finance, ownership, and work itself. Since then, I’ve been deeply involved in building the crypto talent ecosystem - connecting innovators with builders, investors, and visionaries shaping the future of money, infrastructure, and decentralized technology.

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🔹 Blockchain Headhunter — blockchainheadhunter.com

Founded in 2017 as one of the first specialized crypto & Web3 recruitment agencies, we’ve completed 340+ placements across DeFi, Infra, Layer-1s, Layer-2s, Gaming, AI, and Stablecoin projects, from startups to unicorns.
Our 300,000+ community of crypto professionals gives us unmatched reach into developers, founders, investors, and executives across the ecosystem.

Roles we place:
🧠 Engineering (Solidity, Rust, Cosmos, zk, smart contracts, protocol, infra)
📈 Marketing, Growth, Community, Tokenomics, Product
⚖️ Legal, Finance, Operations
🎯 Executive & C-suite (CEO, COO, CTO, CMO, CFO, Head of Engineering, Head of Product)

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🔹 Crypto Funding — cryptofunding.vc

We connect Web3 startups, investors, and venture funds, helping early-stage teams raise capital and expand through our global founder and VC network.
We’ve facilitated multi-million-dollar rounds and bring insider visibility into funding trends, token launches, and strategic partnerships.

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🔹 Crypto Real Estate — cryptorealestate.cc

The largest platform for buying and selling real estate with crypto, featuring 1,500+ listings globally. Explore opportunities, list your property, or diversify your portfolio using digital assets.

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🔹 CryptoCareer.cc — cryptocareer.cc

Helping professionals transition, grow, and advance their careers in Web3 through expert coaching & insights

Founder & CEO

🔹 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 - https://blockchainheadhunter.com/

I founded one of the first recruitment agencies in the space at that time in 2017, which remains among the leading talent providers in crypto & web3 ever since.

During these years we have completed hundreds of recruitment assignments for some of the top companies and startups in the industry. We have also built the largest online talent community in crypto with 150k followers across various social platforms. which provides us with a unique insight and access to top professionals, companies and stakeholders in web3, allowing us to make meaningful connections.

If you are exploring jobs or hiring in crypto, web3, blockchain, defi, nft you are welcome to connect here or via Telegram @blockchainheadhunter. 

You can also explore, apply for all open positions as well as join our communities across the web here - https://bit.ly/3JNu65s.

Positions we are placing - Software engineers, developers, architects, devops (ethereum, solidity, smart contracts substrate, rust, polkadot, cosmos etc); Marketing, community, copywriting, social media, content managers; Tokenomics; Product; Legal; Finance; Operations; C-suite, CEO, COO, CMO, CTO etc

Ryan Leusch

I'll unchain you and make you a Star in any Sky. 30+ years solving tech problems so you don't have to. Don't learn web3, AI, tech schmeck. The Future Now Speaks Your Language! Period! Ready to be an UNCHAINED Star?

For 30 years as a marketing AND technologist, I watched a tragedy play out on repeat. I saw brilliant SMB owners with incredible products get crushed—not because they lacked talent, but because the game was rigged.They were being bled dry by an expensive, fragmented ecosystem. To survive, they were told they needed a dozen different "apps" and "tools." But these tools didn't talk to each other, were too hard to use, and required a massive staff just to manage. I watched good people spend their waking hours fighting their software instead of growing their business.I got angry. I realized that if we didn’t solve this, great companies would stay broke, stuck in survival mode while the big enterprises—who could afford the expensive tech—dominated the market.So, I set out to build the solution. And to be honest, it almost broke me.We didn't want to build another "product"; we wanted to build an ecosystem. When we released our first prototype, it wasn't enough. It was a tool, not a process. I poured my own money and time into it until I was running on fumes. The critics were loud. They told me, "No one has done this," "You can’t make this happen," and "Great idea, but good luck—it doesn't exist."They were right about one thing: It didn't exist. That’s why we had to build it.The turning point wasn't a line of code. It was a result. We shifted our focus from "software" to "process," and suddenly, our clients didn't just use the platform—they evolved. They started waking up to booked appointments. They had buyers who were already educated and ready to purchase. They became more profitable than they had ever been.We realized we hadn't just built a platform; we had built The Great Equalizer.Today, we provide a Forever Free entry point because we believe affordable growth is a right, not a luxury. We leveled the playing field so that the smallest company can compete with—and dominate—the giants.We exist to help you Connect Anywhere and Convert Everywhere. The system is relentless, so you don't have to be.

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