Full-Time
UX Designer
Posted on 11/19/2024
Newton Crypto
51-200 employees
No-fee cryptocurrency trading platform for Canadians
Senior
Remote in Canada
Remote position available to candidates across Canada.
You match the following Newton Crypto's candidate preferences
Employers are more likely to interview you if you match these preferences:
- Bachelor's degree in design, HCI, or 5+ years of equivalent professional experience
- 5+ years as a UX designer, UI designer or product designer
- Highly proficient in Figma
- Strong knowledge of usability principles and techniques
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Self-starter and highly motivated
- Design innovative solutions for mobile (iOS/Android) and web apps
- Develop detailed storyboards, mock-ups, and prototypes to convey design ideas
- Collaborate with product, engineering, and other teams to create low and high-fidelity mock-ups (in Figma)
- Rapidly iterate on designs based on feedback, moving from low to high-fidelity mock-ups quickly
- Continuously improve brand and design quality
- Conduct user testing and interviews to understand user needs
- Optimize and simplify user experience and interface design
- Experience working in a startup, cryptocurrency, trading, or consumer finance
Newton Crypto is a cryptocurrency brokerage based in Canada that allows users to buy and sell digital currencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin without any trading fees. The platform is designed to be user-friendly, enabling clients to start trading immediately with up to $10,000 in instant funds, making it easy for both new and experienced traders to take advantage of market opportunities. Newton stands out from its competitors by offering high liquidity and competitive spreads, which means that users can trade assets easily without significantly affecting their prices. Unlike traditional brokerage firms that charge transaction fees, Newton operates on a zero-commission model, earning revenue through the spreads on trades instead. The company's goal is to create a more open and fair financial system, inspired by the historical figure Sir Isaac Newton, who contributed to currency reform.
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Series B
Total Funding
$34M
Headquarters
Toronto, Canada
Founded
2018
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Increased DeFi adoption drives demand for Ethereum, benefiting Newton's trading volumes.
- NFT interest boosts cryptocurrency trading, attracting new users to Newton's platform.
- Canadian government's supportive stance on crypto innovation favors Newton's operations.
What critics are saying
- Increased competition from no-fee platforms could erode Newton's market share.
- Cryptocurrency market volatility poses risks to Newton's liquidity and trading spreads.
- Regulatory scrutiny in Canada may increase compliance costs for Newton.
What makes Newton Crypto unique
- Newton offers a unique no-fee trading platform for cryptocurrencies in Canada.
- The platform provides high liquidity and competitive spreads for cryptocurrency trading.
- Newton allows instant trading with up to $10,000 in instant funds for users.
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Benefits
Health Insurance
Paid Vacation
Paid Sick Leave
Hybrid Work Options
Remote Work Options
Growth & Insights and Company News
6 month growth
↓ -3%1 year growth
↓ -3%2 year growth
↓ -6%A group of developers known as Newton picked up the project and launched the Toncoin blockchain after Telegram abandoned it.
Newton Crypto Ltd. has added support for more authenticator apps, along with security keys and biometric authentication.With this change, all SMS multi-factor authentication (MFA) has been retired (note: current Authy users will be able to use any authenticator app, not just Authy).
Newton Crypto Ltd. hope you’ll be thrilled to know Newton Crypto Ltd. has partnered up with Koinly, a simple and easy-to-use cryptocurrency tax tool, to make your calculations simpler.
Newton, a Toronto, Canada-based cryptocurrency trading platform, raised US$20M in Series B funding. The round, which brings Newtons valuation to approximately US$200m (CAD$253 million), was led by DV Chain with participation from CI Financial Corp., Singh Capital Partners, Anthony Pompliano, Tiny Capital and Snowdevil Capital. The company intends to use the funds to further develop its technology, platform and infrastructure, attract [] The post Newton Closes US$20M Series B Funding Round appeared first on FinSMEs.
/PRNewswire/ -- Newton Crypto, a low-cost cryptocurrency trading platform for Canadians, today announced that it has completed a US$20 million (CAD$25 million)...