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Cyprus Built Its Name on CFDs. Now a Crypto Exchange Is One of Its Biggest Hirers.
For most of the past two decades, the word Cyprus in financial services carried a specific meaning: CFD brokers. The island, anchored by CySEC regulation and easy MiFID passporting into the European Economic Area, became the operational backbone of retail trading for a generation of firms. Compliance officers, relationship managers, and MetaTrader specialists filled the office parks outside Limassol. That identity is now being complicated by a new class of employer. Kraken, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has emerged as one of the most active hirers on the island, according to the Q2/2026 hiring ... (full story)