Ian Allison

Ian Allison is a senior reporter at CoinDesk, focused on institutional and enterprise adoption of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. Prior to that, he covered fintech for the International Business Times in London and Newsweek online. He won the State Street Data and Innovation journalist of the year award in 2017, and was runner up the following year. He also earned CoinDesk an honourable mention in the 2020 SABEW Best in Business awards. His November 2022 FTX scoop, which brought down the exchange and its boss Sam Bankman-Fried, won a Polk award, Loeb award and New York Press Club award. Ian graduated from the University of Edinburgh. He holds ETH.

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Finance

Anchorage Digital and M0 team up to power next wave of regulated stablecoins

Anchorage seeks to expand its issuance platform through M0, and opens the door to a broad range of firms looking to launch U.S.-regulated stablecoins.

Luca Prosperi, CEO of M0 (M0)

Policy

KuCoin EU hires anti-money laundering talent to appease Austrian regulator

KuCoin was ordered by Austria’s FMA to halt business in the EU because of a shortfall in AML and compliance staff.

KuCoin screen on a mobile phone. (Shutterstock)

Finance

Institutional money is coming for bitcoin, but Adam Back says it moves slower than you think

The legendary cryptographer discusses institutional money flows into bitcoin.

Blockstream CEO Adam Back

Finance

Visa is teaming up with stablecoin firm WeFi to build onchain banks

Collins wants to bring robust stablecoin payments infrastructure to under-banked people around the planet.

VISA credit card (Shutterstock)

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Tech

Industry leaders are pouring hundreds of millions into a rescue plan for Aave users after massive crypto hack

The response to the DeFi recovery fund has quickly extended beyond Aave, and in some cases began with direct outreach.

DeFi community comes together to support AAVE users. (CoinDesk)

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MiCA's not enough: Bybit CEO says firms need other licenses to turn a profit in Europe

In an interview, Ben Zhou said the crypto exchange is at least two years away from breaking even in Europe.

Bybit CEO Ben Zhou (Danny Nelson/ CoinDesk)

Finance

OpenAI appears to be poaching Coinbase’s marketing team

Six Coinbase senior marketing executives, including the exchange's former chief marketing officer, have jumped to OpenAI in the past year and a half.

OpenAI logo on a mobile phone.

Finance

UK invites crypto giant Bybit to London to win over some of UAE’s innovation shine

Bybit CEO Ben Zhou had meetings in the U.K. this week with government-linked bodies including the FCA and House of Lords.

UK Parliament Building and Big Ben, London

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Finance

A dozen banks want a euro stablecoin. Fireblocks is making it happen

The Qivalis consortium is made up of: Banca Sella, BBVA, BNP Paribas, CaixaBank, Danske Bank, DekaBank, DZ BANK, ING, KBC, Raiffeisen Bank International, SEB, and UniCredit.

CEO and co-founder Michael Shaulov (Fireblocks)

Finance

Coinbase, Bybit said to be working together on tokenization, custody and distribution of U.S. stocks

The talks do not involve any sort of stake acquisition or similar deal to enter the U.S., as was reported elsewhere last month.

Coinbase logo shown on a laptop screen