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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Markets

Pantera Capital Says Some Crypto Selling Pressure Has Been Tax Related

The hedge fund manager says $1.4 trillion of cryptocurrency capital gains were made last year.

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Finance

Morgan Stanley Says Bitcoin Cannot Escape Energy Requirements

Increased investor interest means sustainability has become an important consideration for crypto, the bank said.

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Markets

Man Group Analysts Say Crypto Is Just a Rate-Sensitive Risk Asset

Bitcoin has become more correlated with the Nasdaq index and the ARK Innovation exchange-traded fund.

Bitcoin has become a risk asset, according to Man Group analysts. (Shutterstock)

Finance

BofA Says Chainlink Likely Driver for DeFi’s TVL Growth to $203B

The decentralized oracle network has secured more than $60 billion deposited into smart contracts.

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Finance

Morgan Stanley Says Ethereum Less Decentralized, Ether More Volatile Compared to Bitcoin

Attempts to regulate DeFi and NFT markets could see less demand for transactions on the Ethereum network.

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Finance

Deutsche Bank Survey Shows Most Would Hodl Even if Crypto Markets Crashed

Data also showed men are much more active in the crypto space than women.

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Finance

Crypto M&A Surged Nearly 5,000% in 2021, PwC Report Says

The average deal size more than tripled from 2020 to $179.7 million.

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Finance

BofA Says Bitcoin Trades More as Risk Asset, Less as Inflation Hedge

The cryptocurrency’s volatility remains elevated relative to stock indices.

Bitcoin is seen more as a risk asset than an inflation hedge. (Sean Benesh/Unsplash)

Finance

Blockchain.com’s Global Head of Asset Management Is Leaving the Firm

Xen Baynham-Herd, a former UBS banker, had been with Blockchain.com for the last five years and led asset management there for the year.

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Markets

Bitcoin Will Reach $200K in Second Half of 2022, FSInsight Says

Ether could reach $12,000, the report said.

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