
Now comfortably inside In Q4 2022, TechCrunch has been busy poring over a mountain of data since the third quarter, hoping to deepen our understanding of where the startup dealmaking market has been, now, and where it’s headed next.
So far, we’ve been keeping tabs on better-than-expected US venture capital results, a somewhat worrisome global picture, and unicorns and software companies. But what about the crypto world? There is precious little good news, it turns out.
This morning, after getting this interesting data point about trade volumes from The Block in September, we went for some other good news. Almost everything we’ve found points in the other direction.
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Maybe it’s too early in the crypto winter to go hunting for green shoots. Likewise, this morning, we’ll look at a lot of encouraging information and close out what we can say about September. While your lease payments for a supercar may not be encouraging, it can give hope that the decentralized economy is showing enough signs of life that a recovery may be on the horizon.