Europe seems to be bucking the declining trend in global blockchain venture funding in the second quarter. According to a recent report from The Block Research, Europe recorded a 25% increase in funding in the April-June quarter compared with the previous three months.<\/p>\n
Europe\u2019s gain is significant when compared to a 43.4% fall witnessed in Asia and a 23.8% decline in the US in the funding space during the second quarter.<\/p>\n
To put things in perspective, global blockchain venture funding in the second quarter declined by 22% to $ 9.8 billion from $12.5 billion during the January-March period.<\/p>\n
Despite the 23.8% decline, the US retained the top spot in total funding deals, with blockchain startups raising $5.4 billion compared to Europe\u2019s $1.8 billion. Apart from Europe, Africa was the only other region that has witnessed strong VC funding participation, with a 189% increase in funding compared to the previous quarter. In Asia, blockchain startups raised close to $1.79 billion.<\/p>\n
Merger and acquisitions (M&A) deals have increased amid the turmoil in the crypto market. In the first half of 2022, 212 M&A deals were completed, compared to 204 deals last year.<\/p>\n
According to the report from The Block Research, M&A transactions are likely to continue to increase because of the current market conditions.<\/p>\n
John Dantoni, a researcher at The Block Research, commented: \u201cSince the private markets have started to cool off, M&A activity within the sector will be worth following over the next few quarters.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThe valuations for private firms have been and will likely continue to re-adjust to the current market environment. As a result, we expect to see M&A activity increase, particularly by larger firms in the industry,\u201d<\/em> Dantoni added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Europe seems to be bucking the declining trend in global blockchain venture funding in the second quarter. According to a recent report from The Block Research, Europe recorded a 25% increase in funding in the April-June quarter compared with the previous three months. Europe\u2019s gain is significant when compared to a 43.4% fall witnessed in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":21535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ayudawp_aiss_exclude":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[460,6530],"tags":[6467,6536],"class_list":["post-21531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crypto","category-news-2","tag-crypto","tag-news"],"acf":{"json_ld_schema":"\n[{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"FAQPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/us-stocks\/wall-street-jottings\/#FAQPage\",\"headline\":\"Wall Street jottings: A personal, guided tour to investing in US stocks\",\"keywords\":\"Personal Guide, US Investing, \",\"datePublished\":\"2022-07-22T13:28:55+05:30\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-07-22T13:28:55+05:30\",\"dateCreated\":\"2022-07-22T13:28:55+05:30\",\"author\":{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Praniket Nayka\",\"description\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/author\/praniket\/\",\"sameAs\":[],\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4b22173b861c31fe922bbaf46c336561?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"height\":96,\"width\":96}},\"image\":[{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/us-stocks\/wall-street-jottings\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Wall-Street-Jottings.jpg\",\"width\":\"1800\",\"height\":\"1080\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Wall-Street-Jottings-1200x900.jpg\",\"width\":\"1200\",\"height\":\"900\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Wall-Street-Jottings-1200x675.jpg\",\"width\":\"1200\",\"height\":\"675\"}]}]\n","json_ld_custom_schema":"","key_takeways":false,"youtube_vodeo_url":"","seo":{"title":"","keywords":"","description":"","canonical":""},"blog_banner_image":false,"blog_coin":false,"download_the_app":{"button_value":"","button_url":""},"twitter_card":{"twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_link":""},"maturity_tag":"Beginner","post_author":false,"guest_author":false,"hide_toc":true,"select_disclaimer":"Article Default Disclaimer"},"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21531"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21562,"href":"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21531\/revisions\/21562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinswitch.co\/switch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}