PwC report: Crypto M&A surged 4,846% in 2021, average deal size tripled

    According to a PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report, the total value of crypto-related mergers and acquisitions (M&A) rose to $55 billion in 2021 versus $1.1 billion a year earlier. The average deal size has more than tripled since 2020 to $179.7 million, while the total value of crypto fundraising deals climbed by 645%. The US led in…

    KPMG Canada adds crypto to its corporate treasury

    According to a Monday announcement, the Canadian branch of accounting giant KPMG allocates Bitcoin and Ether to its corporate treasury. The firm’s executives “expect to see a lot of growth” in DeFi, NFT, and metaverse areas in the years to come. “Cryptoassets are a maturing asset class,” stated Benjie Thomas, the firm’s Canadian managing partner…

    Guide: DeFi yield farming explained

    What is yield farming and how to make money in decentralized finance (DeFi) – a comprehensive guide on yield farming, posted by Jagjit Singh on Cointelegraph. What is yield farming? Yield farming is a method of allowing crypto investors to lock up their assets in exchange for rewards. At its most basic level, yield farming…

    Polygon raises $450 million in a funding round led by Sequoia India

    Polygon, a decentralized Ethereum scaling platform, has raised $450 million in a private token sale led by Sequoia India. The funding will be used to build Web3 decentralized applications or dApps, including Polygon PoS, Polygon Edge, and Polygon Avail. This is Polygon’s first major financing round since the project began in 2017. According to Bloomberg,…

    Dune Analytics reaches $1 billion valuation after $69 million funding round

    Dune Analytics, one of Ethereum’s most popular data visualization and analytics platforms, propelled to Unicorn Status with a $1 billion valuation after a $69 million fundraising round, looking to expand cross-chain. On February 2, Dune Analytics announced the close of a $69,420,000 round at a $1 billion valuation. The round was led by Coatue, a…

    Solana ETP receives approval to trade on Frankfurt Boerse

    DeFi Technologies subsidiary has been given the green light by the Boerse Frankfurt Zertifikate AG to list an exchange-traded product (ETP) that tracks the price of Solana cryptocurrency (SOL). The ETP provides traditional investors exposure to the crypto within a regulated and “fully backed” environment. According to a Monday press release, Valour’s Solana ETP began…