Skip to main content
Sign In

Ian Allison

Senior Reporter

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.

X icon
Ian Allison

Latest from Ian Allison

Pananalapi

American crypto holders are scared and confused about this year’s new IRS tax rules

Crypto tax platform, Awaken Tax, polled 1,000 crypto holders about a radical shift from self-disclosure to automatic reporting of transactions.

IRS building (Shutterstock)

Pananalapi

Milo tops $100 million in crypto-backed mortgages, closes record $12 million deal

The firm, which holds mortgage provider licenses in ten U.S. states with more to follow, has a perfect track record of zero margin calls across its mortgage portfolio.

Real estate

Patakaran

OKX snags European payments license for stablecoin and crypto card expansion

The Payments Institution license, gained in Malta, aligns the exchange with European Union regulatory requirements that take effect in March 2026.

Photos of OKX crypto Mastercard

Patakaran

A ladder for the masses: Pakistan’s Bilal Bin Saqib says crypto is a necessity, not a luxury

Regulation of digital assets is a great opportunity for emerging markets, said Pakistan’s crypto regulation lead.

PVARA chairman Bilal Bin Saqib (Consensus)
Advertisement

Pananalapi

OKX Ventures backs STBL in partnership with Hamilton Lane and Securitize

The companies are joining forces to introduce an RWA-backed stablecoin on OKX’s Ethereum-compatible layer-2 blockchain, X Layer.

Avtar Sehra sits on a chair in front of a microphone (Libre)

Pananalapi

Hong Kong remains committed to digital assets but feels competition from an ‘aggressive’ UAE

Dubai and Abu Dhabi have established a solid regulatory framework for virtual assets, and each region has brought this under the auspices of a single, dedicated regulatory authority.

From left to right, Johnny Ng, founder of web3 investment firm Goldford; Joseph Chan, under secretary for financial services and the Treasury in Hong Kong; Gary Liu, co-founder & CEO Terminal 3 (moderator)

Pananalapi

In unfamiliar market conditions, historical data-driven AI trading bots will falter

Bitget CEO Gracy Chen says AI trading apps are like interns for now; soon they will be full time employees.

Pananalapi

Tokenization still at start of hype cycle, but needs more use cases, specialists say

Crypto asset specialists must figure out how to match tokenization hype to real-world utility, Securitize's Graham Ferguson said.

Left to right: Graham Ferguson, head of ecosystem at Securitize; Min Lin, managing director of global expansion at Ondo; and Coindesk’s Kris Sandor (Coindesk)
Advertisement

Pananalapi

Arkham denies exchange closure plan, says switching to decentralized platform

Data analytics firm Arkham Intel first floated the idea of adding a crypto derivatives exchange in late 2024.

Arkham was listed on CoinDesk's Project To Watch 2023

Pananalapi

Binance teams up with Franklin Templeton to use tokenized money market funds as off-exchange collateral

Institutions can now use Benji-issued tokenized money market funds as off-exchange collateral to trade on Binance using Ceffu’s custody layer.

Binance
Pahinang 156