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

Digital Assets Can Boost Revenue for Sports Teams, PwC Says

Token sales and metaverse events have the potential to become major revenue streams for teams and leagues.

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Crypto Firms May Look at Traditional Finance Firms as M&A Targets

We asked several industry participants if Wall Street incumbents might start making deals for crypto companies. Some predicted the opposite.

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JustCarbon, Likvidi Launch Blockchain Markets for Carbon Credits

The ventures aim to bring cryptocurrency benefits to natural CO2-removal processes.

Nature-based carbon sequestration. (Sven Lachmann/Pixabay)

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Coinbase Says Crypto Markets Resilient After Russian Invasion of Ukraine

The crypto exchange said a more convincing recovery is possible once investors have more clarity on the Fed’s plans.

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Bank of America Sees No Crypto Winter Given User Adoption, Developer Activity Growth

Still, crypto market upside will likely be limited for the next six months by Fed tightening and macro headwinds.

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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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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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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)

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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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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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