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Finance

Mike Novogratz's Galaxy Digital Said to Be in Talks to Buy Crypto Custodian BitGo

A deal between the asset manager and the crypto custodian is close to being finalized, sources tell CoinDesk.

Galaxy founder Mike Novogratz (Shutterstock)

Finance

Consolidations Are Coming to Crypto

Coinbase is for sure going to buy more companies. And with the success of its stock listing, other crypto companies are sure to follow and will also do what public companies do: buy things.

Companies will start coming together like Voltron into giant machines, tossing about energy swords of value and smashing lion-faced fists into traditional intermediaries and financial markets.

Markets

Crypto M&A Doubled to $1.1B in 2020: PwC

The average deal size went from $19.2 million in 2019 to $52.7 million in 2020, with a greater share of activity taking place in Europe and Asia.

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Finance

PwC Report Points to Banner Year for Crypto M&A and Fundraising Deals

The value of acquisitions in the first half of 2020 has already surpassed that of full-year 2019, according to a new report by PwC.

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Finance

More Than 95% of Crypto Futures Volume Is in Asia: Report

Asian exchanges account for more than 95% of the futures volume in crypto, according to a new report by Switzerland-based Blockchain Valley Ventures.

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Finance

Crypto M&A and Fundraising Dropped Sharply in 2019: PwC Report

The value of crypto M&A deals last year dropped by a whopping 76 percent, according to a new report by PwC – down from $1.9 billion in 2018 to $451 million in 2019.

PwC Global Crypto Lead Henri Arslanian image via CoinDesk archives

Finance

'They Have the Users': Binance CEO Explains Why He Bought CoinMarketCap

"Even though their money generation mechanism is not as strong as Binance, they do have the users," CEO CZ tells CoinDesk. "It's a very valuable platform."

DOUBLING DOWN: Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao is pinning his hopes on a mass audience of individual investors. (Credit: CoinDesk archives)

Finance

What All These VC Deals and Acquisitions Say About the State of the Crypto Markets

Three funding announcements and three M&A deals give us a window into understanding what investors in the crypto space are most interested in.

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