Two company lay offs took place on Tuesday, with dYdX Trading having laid off 35% of its staff on the same day that blockchain software technology company Consensys reduced its workforce by 20%. While the cryptocurrency sector has faced a major boom over the last few years, some companies are stripping it back as they approach the next phase of the industry. On Tuesday (October 29) the CEO and founder of dYdX, Antonio Juliano, posted a blog titled ‘Letting Go’ in which he said: “Today, I made the incredibly difficult decision to lay off 35% of the dYdX core team.