Will Canny

Will Canny is an experienced market reporter with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. He's now covering the crypto beat as a finance reporter at CoinDesk. He owns more than $1,000 of SOL.

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Finance

Goldman Sachs Says Blockchain Is Key to Metaverse and Web 3 Development

The Wall Street bank sees blockchain as one of the most disruptive technologies since the advent of the internet.

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Finance

BofA Says Avalanche’s Scaling Capability Offers Viable Alternative to Ethereum

Avalanche’s AVAX token is now the 12th largest by market value.

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Finance

Crowdsourced Threat Detector PolySwarm Goes Live on Mainnet

The network uses PolySwarm’s NCT token for transactions.

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Finance

BCB Group Expands in Europe With Acquisition of 100-Year-Old German Bank

The German regulator is expected to approve the transaction by the end of February.

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Policy

Crypto’s Carbon Footprint Could Hinder Adoption: Deutsche Bank

“Mining just one bitcoin consumes a larger carbon footprint than nearly 2 billion Visa transactions,” the bank said.

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Policy

Morgan Stanley Sees Crypto-Banking Regulation Arriving Faster Than Expected

The bank’s analysts say this is positive for crypto banks Silvergate and Signature.

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Policy

Bank of America Sees Stablecoin Regulation as Catalyst to Mass Adoption

Stablecoins are viewed as a systemically important asset with a market value of around $141 billion.

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Finance

Morgan Stanley Sees Facebook as Best Stock to Gain Exposure to the Metaverse

Bank sees around $5 trillion of consumer expenditure that could be digitized faster.

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Finance

Metaverse Gaming, NFTs Could Account for 10% of Luxury Market by 2030: Morgan Stanley

The bank expects the total NFT market to grow to $300 billion by that year.

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Finance

Blockchain Tech Has Evolved Enough to Meet Some Demands of Financial Markets: RBC Report

Asset-backed securities markets, including MBS, have a high potential for disruption, the report says.

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