According to Odaily, the surge in meme coins on the Solana blockchain, which began in the first half of 2024, has led to an increased demand for Rust engineers. Raman Shalupau, CEO of the cryptocurrency recruitment company CryptoJobsList, highlighted this trend, noting that the broader technological shift towards Rust as a popular system programming language is also contributing to this demand. Many blockchain companies are adopting Rust to develop high-performance distributed systems.