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

Standard Chartered, Coinbase Expand Crypto Prime Services for Institutions

The companies will explore the development of trading, prime services, custody, staking and lending solutions for institutional clients.

The Standard Chartered logo on the outside of an office building.

Tech

Coinbase Expands Reach of Stablecoin-Based AI Agent Payments Tool

The updated protocol, x402 V2, allows developers to combine payments, enable secure wallet access, and add new features via a clean, modular design.

Coinbase (appshunter.io/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

BMW Taps JPMorgan for First Onchain Programmable FX Payment

The German car giant used JPMorgan’s permissioned Kinexys Digital Payments network to do the FX transaction.

BMW

Finance

Kraken Launches High-Touch VIP Program for Ultra High Net Worth Clients

Kraken VIP members are paired with a specialist relationship manager, backed by 24/7 support and early insight into Kraken’s full product ecosystem.

Kraken on phone (PiggyBank/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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Finance

Yi He, Arguably Crypto's Most Powerful Woman, Becomes Binance’s New Co-CEO

The new leadership role was announced by the current Binance CEO Richard Teng at Binance Blockchain Week in Dubai.

Binance has appointed Yi He to oversee Binance Labs (Binance)

Finance

Meet the Billion-Dollar Crypto Founder Who Started Trading at 9 Years Old

Denis Dariotis, the youthful founder and CEO of cryptocurrency-focused trading software firm GoQuant, talks about building a billion-dollar-a-day trading startup during his formative years.

Denis Dariotis, founder and CEO of GoQuant

Finance

Binance Introduces Bespoke Service for Ultra High-Net-Worth Crypto Investors

Binance Prestige is a new white glove service targeting wealthy crypto investors and family businesses with assets in the order of around $10 million.

Binance

Finance

Private Equity Firm Bridgepoint to Buy Majority of Crypto Audit Specialist ht.digital

Bridgepoint did not disclose the financial terms of the deal. Sky News cited a figure of 200 million pounds ($262 million).

A view over the City of London taken over the Thames near Tower Bridge. (Cj / Unsplash+)

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Finance

Crypto Wallet Firm Exodus Buys Baanx and Monavate for $175M

The U.S.-listed wallet provider is acquiring W3C Corp, the parent company of crypto card and payments firms Baanx and Monavate.

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Finance

Turning ‘$11K to Half a Billion Dollars From Trading Memecoins’: Tales From a Crypto Wealth Manager

The chief of crypto-focused multi-family office Digital Ascension Group talks about his VIP services for wealthy holders of digital assets.

Jake Claver, CEO of Digital Ascension Group