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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How the Coveted 'COIN' Ticker Found Its Way to Coinbase

London-listed Coinsilium has been trading under COIN since 2015. The Winklevoss twins registered the symbol for their proposed bitcoin ETF back in 2014. How did Coinbase land it in 2021?

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong speaks at CoinDesk's Consensus 2019.

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Rap Icon Nas Could Net $100M When Coinbase Lists on Nasdaq

Nasir Jones’ QueensBridge Venture Partners invested in 2013. A source familiar with the matter confirmed QueensBridge is still on the Coinbase cap table.

Nas performs in Oakland, Calif., Feb. 21, 2020.

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Communitas Capital's 'Infrastructure-First' Investing Approach Is Paying Off With Coinbase and Others

Ex-Reuters CEO Tom Glocer was an angel investor in Coinbase’s 2015 Series C round. Here are the other crypto VC bets his Communitas Capital is making.

Communitas Capital co-founder Tom Glocer

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Anchorage Is Supporting DeFi Governance Token TRIBE Despite Its FEI Troubles

The TRIBE governance token’s FEI stablecoin project recently saw whales making gains and retail getting rekt.

Anchorage CEO Nathan McCauley

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State Street May Start Trading Crypto on Platform It's Helping Build

The plan is to transpose FX infrastructure to the crypto space via a bank-led consortium.

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How Coinbase's Wild Earnings Stack Up Against Normie Financial Firms

The crypto exchange’s $1.8 billion in quarterly revenue trounced the $1.3 billion earned in all of 2020. Can Coinbase go up from here or will future COIN holders get rekt?

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Cardano Venture Fund Makes First Investment: $500K in Payments Firm COTI

Rather than reinventing DeFi on a faster version of Ethereum, Cardano is doing something different, said COTI CEO Shahaf Bar-Geffen.

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson

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Paxos Trumpets Same-Day Shares Settlement Using Blockchain

Instinet and Credit Suisse helped hit the “T+0” settlement cycle for U.S. equities.

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Coinbase's COIN Stock to Go Live on Nasdaq April 14

The COIN ticker is coming to public markets soon, Coinbase announced Thursday.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk)

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Ember Fund Raises $5.3M to Build Out Trading App

Ember’s AI and machine-learning algos look to protect retail investors from getting rekt.

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