How Policy, Innovation, and Market Dynamics Are Driving Institutional Crypto M&A
1AlphaPoint’s Reba Beeson dives into the trends and regulatory policy shifts driving crypto M&A, cementing its role as core infrastructure for the future of finance.
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The financial services industry is at a crossroads, with an indisputable trend of financial services moving into crypto. Digital assets built on the blockchain are transforming the financial ecosystem and shaping its future. Digital assets are no longer living on the fringe of the global financial system — they are becoming central to its future and to the movement of value through the capital markets and payments rails.
The relatively small size of the crypto market pales to traditional financial markets, belying the enormous opportunity for digital assets and their growth trajectory. The total cryptocurrency market cap is approaching $3.8 trillion, approximating one segment of the MSCI World Index and dwarfed by the global market cap for equities, projected to reach $128.07 trillion this year.
Yet, the capital markets environment is thriving, evidenced by Circle and eToro IPOs and these notable M&A trends:
This activity is being driven by a highly-anticipated shift in policy:
Policy and capital markets activities are aligning. Crypto is no longer on the sidelines, it’s becoming core infrastructure for the future of finance. The changes we’ve witnessed so far this year will undoubtedly lead to a robust finish for 2025.
Reba Beeson serves as AlphaPoint’s General Counsel. She has extensive experience as an attorney and capital markets banker. She founded Horizon Capital, a strategic advisory firm focused on fintech and renewable energy, and served as Deputy General Counsel – US for World Gold Council and its US affiliated sponsors of the largest global gold-backed ETF product suite (NYSE: GLD and GLDM), overseeing corporate governance, legal, regulatory, intellectual property and government relations matters. Reba also has served in roles, among others, as lead counsel for UBS’s Alternative Investment Group, SVP/Head of Complex Financing for BNP/Paribas, and SVP/Director of Structured Products for Pitney Bowes Credit. She began her legal career as a tax and ERISA attorney at Weil and Sidley (Brown & Wood). Her capital markets experience has encompassed structuring and transacting in alternative investments, ETFs, structured finance, project finance, derivatives, corporate venturing transactions, private debt and equity placements, IPOs and M&A. Reba earned a J.D. from Temple University Law School, where she was Executive Editor of the Law Review, and an LL.M. (Masters in Taxation Law) from NYU Law School. She earned a B.A. in Music (violin & piano performance) from Goshen College, where she was a J.B. Brunk Music Scholar. She attended Harvard Business School’s Executive Management Program (Corporate Venturing; and Leading & Building a Culture of Innovation) and Columbia Business School’s Executive Program (Blockchain). She is a member of the New York bar and holds FINRA licenses (current – Series 7 and 24; past – Series 3, 63, 65, 79 and 99). Reba is a member of 100 Women in Finance and Digital Asset Legal Alliance.
https://www.coindesk.com/coindesk-indices/2025/08/06/how-policy-innovation-and-market-dynamics-are-driving-institutional-crypto-m-and-a
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