Mergers and acquisitions within the crypto sphere are set to heat up in 2022, industry watchers predict, after a year during which traditional financial companies executed buys in the space. Trends that emerged in 2021 will continue into next year, Ryan McCulloch, an investment banking associate at M&A advisory firm Architect Partners, said in an interview with Blockworks. He highlighted PayPal’s buy of Curv, a provider of cloud-based infrastructure for digital asset security. The deal, announced in March, was worth $200 million, according to Architect Partners data. “The acquisition of digital payment wallets and ... (full story)