{"id":57688,"date":"2022-02-14T13:44:29","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T11:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=57688"},"modified":"2025-09-04T12:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T09:57:09","slug":"pwc-reports-nearly-5000-jump-in-crypto-ma-deal-volume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/pwc-reports-nearly-5000-jump-in-crypto-ma-deal-volume\/","title":{"rendered":"PwC reports nearly 5,000% jump in crypto M&A deal volume"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2021, the volume of M&A deals in the cryptocurrency industry reached $55 billion, up from $1.1 billion a year earlier. The increase stood at 4,846%, according to PwC’s report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Source: PwC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The average M&A deal size also rose\u2014from $52.7 million to $179.7 million. PwC experts noted that this largely reflects the contribution of the ten largest M&A deals in the sector, each valued at more than $1 billion.<\/p>\n

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Source: PwC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Geographically, the largest number of deals was in North and South America \u2014 51% of the total 393. However, by cumulative value the leader was the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, with $25.5 billion.<\/p>\n

Total funds raised by crypto-industry companies in 2021 amounted to $34.3 billion across 1,552 deals. The year before, the figures stood at $4.6 billion and 616 respectively.<\/p>\n

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Source: PwC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Seventy-four percent ($22.4 billion) of the total financing volume went to crypto companies based in the American continent. This amount accounted for 49% of the total number of venture deals in the industry.<\/p>\n

PwC expects consolidation in the crypto space to continue in 2022. They are not confident about the popularity of mergers with DeFi<\/span>, NFT<\/span> and metaverses sectors. However, experts believe a rise in M&A deal volumes in these segments will not occur due to their immaturity.<\/p>\n

As noted, in 2021 one of the largest rounds in the crypto industry was the Series B financing for the FTX exchange for $900 million<\/a>. Subsequently, the amount of investments raised in connection with it grew to $1 billion.<\/p>\n

In January 2022, FTX announced raising $400 million<\/a>. In February, the company acquired the Japanese platform Liquid<\/a> along with its subsidiaries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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