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Crypto Legal Jobs

Find crypto legal roles in crypto, NFTs and the metaverse.

Roles from teams at
  • Binance
  • ConsenSys
  • OpenSea
  • Coinbase
Posted in the last 30 days
71
Companies hiring
46
Fully remote
38%
Median pay of 39 listings
$223,000

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About Crypto Legal Jobs

This page lists crypto legal jobs - in-house counsel, regulatory and product lawyers, commercial and transactional roles, litigation and paralegal work at exchanges, custodians, protocols, payment companies and funds. The listings are pulled from the same board as every other page here, filtered by job title rather than by the category an employer happened to pick.

That filter is the reason this page exists. Legal roles on the board arrive tagged as Operations, Product, Finance or Other depending on who posted them, so until now there was nowhere that collected them. Requirements vary more than the titles suggest: a product counsel at a wallet company and a regulatory counsel at a licensed exchange share almost nothing day to day beyond the qualification.

What does a crypto lawyer do?

It depends which side of the company they sit on. Regulatory counsel work on licensing, registrations and what the business is allowed to offer in each market. Product counsel sit with engineering and decide what can ship. Commercial counsel handle contracts, partnerships and vendors. Larger firms split these; smaller ones give all of it to one person, and the listing usually says which.

Do I need crypto experience to get a legal job in crypto?

Fewer employers insist on it than you would expect. Most ask for the qualification and relevant practice experience first, then evidence you understand what the company does: custody, market structure, tokens as instruments, or the licensing regime the firm operates under. Financial services or fintech experience is the most common route in.

What do crypto legal jobs pay?

The listings on this page that state pay are counted on the crypto legal counsel salary page, which shows the median, the middle range and a split by seniority, all from job ads posted in the last twelve months. Jurisdiction moves the figure as much as seniority does, so check where a role is based before comparing.