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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Coinbase Enlarges Its AI Agent-Focused Crypto Micropayments Ecosystem

Coinbase engineers have released x402 Bazaar, a “Google for AI agents” discovery layer.

Coinbase (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

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BNP Paribas and HSBC Join Privacy-Focused Blockchain Canton

The banks have joined the Canton Foundation, the governance organization that runs the Canton Network.

HSBC and other banks in London's Canary Wharf (David Merrett/Flickr)

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Ripple Extends Digital Asset Custody Partnership With BBVA in Spain

Spanish bank expands retail crypto offering with Ripple custody tech under EU’s MiCA rules

BBVA

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CoinShares to Go Public in U.S. Through $1.2B SPAC Deal With Vine Hill

Europe’s largest digital asset manager by market share will shift its listing from Sweden to Nasdaq.

CoinShares CEO Jean-Marie Mognetti (CoinShares)

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Elliptic Unveils Crime-Tracking Tool as Stablecoins Enter the Mainstream

The blockchain analytics specialist has released a due diligence product for stablecoins that's tailored to banks and compliance departments.

Elliptic Founder James Smith

Finance

Crypto Oracle Firm RedStone Acquires DeFi Credit Specialist Credora

The acquisition combines RedStone’s real-time market data with Credora’s DeFi credit ratings expertise.

RedStone Oracles co-founders Jakub Wojciechowski and Marcin Kazmierczak (RedStone)

Finance

Digital Asset Trading Giant Bybit Brings Crypto-Linked Debit Card to Europe

The exchange’s card lets users spend digital assets via Mastercard, Apple Pay, and Google Pay, with a 20% cashback incentive scheme this month.

Bybit lost roughly $1.5 billion in crypto to a theft Friday. (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

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Crypto Exchange OKX Fined $2.6M in Netherlands for Failing to Register With Dutch National Bank

The company offered crypto services in the Netherlands from July 2023 to August 2024 without the legally required registration.

OKX trading app on a mobile phone (CoinDesk)

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Somnia Mainnet Goes Live Along With Native SOMI Token After 10B Testnet Transactions

The Improbable-backed blockchain says it processed over 10 billion testnet transactions and lists Google Cloud among its validators.

Somnia claims to the be(Bigfoot STNGR/Unsplash)

Finance

Citi Says Stablecoins and AI Could Drive Post-Trade Shakeup

Citi’s survey of 537 industry leaders points to tokenization, T+1 adoption and GenAI reshaping trade processing.

Close up of Citigroup logo on the side of a building.