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

Pocket Money

Co-Founder

Cryptosupercars

Business Development Manager

Jaya Talent

At Jaya, we partner with VC-backed Tech Startups, connecting with the very best Executives and Tech Talent in the EMEA & APAC.

community ambassador

Community Ambassador 

Marketing Lead

Community Manager

DRIFE

Social Media Manager

7 Wonders of AI

Marketing Manager

R3WILD

R3WILD is a decentralized platform for anyone, anywhere to own and protect a piece of the African wilderness.

Our mission is to restore and protect 15 million acres of land across Africa, removing 7.4 million tons of C02 from the atmosphere, protecting over 2000 species, and creating hundreds of jobs for local communities through eco-tourism.

Future Quest 

Future Quest is building a play-and-earn ecosystem committed to fixing our future.Part game, part launch pad for public good quests for our planet

Blockchain Headhunter

Blockchain Headhunter is the largest crypto talent community. We connect top candidates and companies in the space. If you are hiring or exploring jobs in crypto - there is no better place to be

At Blockchain Headhunter we specialize in  recruitment and executive search for blockchain & crypto ventures since 2017. We have filled hundreds of positions with some of the most ambitious and successful companies in the space and are now as busy as ever 🚀

💥As a result, we have also built the largest crypto talent & employment community with over 100k members and followers across all platforms ✨✨

NESANAU

Nesanau is Nnamdi Azikiwe University's extension of the NESA national body (a student body of the Nigerian Economics Society) which is an umbrella for all economics students in Nigeria with over 120,000 members drawn from 83 universities across the country. 

We are a group of students and youths who believe in the Nigeria project, thus challenging ourselves to promote national integration, enterprise, and utilize every opportunity we have to make meaningful contributions that will enhance the peace and progress of our dear country and the world at large.

President

International MUN 

Intern

Victor is a passionate, innovative, and charismatic leader dedicated to making a meaningful impact in every sphere he engages with.

He served as the President of the Nigerian Economics Student's Association during his university years, where he studied Economics (See featured testimonial), and was the Community Manager at Blockchain HeadHunter, overseeing a global community of over 100,000 members.

His professional journey includes roles as a Social Media Manager for DRIFE, where he created dynamic content and fostered engagement across multiple platforms, and as a Community Manager at Jaya Talent, where he was later promoted to Marketing Lead due to his exceptional contributions.

Previously, Victor worked with R3WILD, a decentralized platform enabling global ownership and protection of African wilderness, as a Community Manager. He also contributed to RChain Cooperative as a contractor, focusing on weekly debriefs publication and micro-influencer outreach, which helped him develop strong organizational skills in content curation, brand development, and social media strategy.

In July 2020, he was awarded a scholarship from the Blockchain Center Miami to pursue a professional blockchain certification program, after which he began developing a blockchain-based voting solution. He is now an alum of the Blockchain Center Education.

Victor is also an intermediate front-end web developer proficient in HTML and CSS, with a growing interest in Rust. Known for his eloquence in public speaking, he is recognized for his outstanding confidence.

In his leisure time, Victor enjoys playing the piano and guitar, spending time with friends, reading, praying, or listening to music.

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