Latest from Ian Allison
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.

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?

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.

Paxos Trumpets Same-Day Shares Settlement Using Blockchain
Instinet and Credit Suisse helped hit the “T+0” settlement cycle for U.S. equities.

Coinbase's COIN Stock to Go Live on Nasdaq April 14
The COIN ticker is coming to public markets soon, Coinbase announced Thursday.

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.

DeFi Major Aave Working With Polygon to Bypass Ethereum Congestion
Whopping gas fees shouldn't limit DeFi to five-figure portfolios, said Aave founder Stani Kulechov.

PayPal Pushes Crypto Further Mainstream With Planned Checkout Service for 29M Merchants
The move could speed the use of crypto in day-to-day commerce.

R3 Corda Now Has a Bridge to Public Blockchains With Arrival of Ethereum-Based XDC
Former RBS bankers from blockchain startup LAB577 built the bridge.

Duke University’s Early Coinbase Investment Could Now Be Worth $500M: Sources
Duke’s direct exposure to Coinbase in one of its early investment rounds has probably increased 100x, two people familiar with the matter said.

