The total value of deals through June 30 was $22 billion, compared with $31.2 billion in the same stretch of 2018. According to the article, though, the drop was largely due to the lack of a deal commensurate with Ant Financial’s $14 billion fundraising round in May of 2018. In the U.S., the value of deals through June, this year, was up 60% to $12.7 billion.