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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Crypto Lender Hodlnaut Teams With Insurance Alternative Nexus Mutual

The Singapore crypto lender toughed it through the bear market and now has $250 million locked and lended.

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Crypto Custody Firm Anchorage Adds Support for HEGIC, RAD and RLY

Further proof that centralized custodians can support the decentralized web, said Anchorage co-founder Diogo Mónica.

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How eToro Got Ready to Go Public

CEO Yoni Assia says he beat Elon Musk by 10 years when it comes to adding bitcoin to the balance sheet.

eToro founder Yoni Assia

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Ledger Doubles Down on Institutional Crypto With New Business Unit and Hiring Push

Banks used to tell Ledger they wanted to do “blockchain, not bitcoin.” Not anymore.

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ConsenSys Confidential: Ethereum Builder Is Back in Growth Mode, Document Reveals

ConsenSys staffers waiting for equity payouts may soon be in luck, according to an internal document revealing the company’s recent good fortune.

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CipherTrace Releases Its FATF-Friendly AML Tools for Crypto Exchanges

Cryptocurrency firms in Singapore already need to have a Travel Rule solution in place to get a license.

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Arianee, Early Pioneer of NFTs for Luxury Provenance, Raises $9.5M

Arianee’s raise marks the first time a fund linked to the French government has bought into blockchain tokens.

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Israeli Pension Giant Put $100M Into Grayscale Bitcoin Trust: Report

Altshuler Shaham made the investment in GBTC in the second half of last year, when bitcoin was trading at around $21,000.

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Shyft Network Wraps Token Sale Ahead of FATF 'Travel Rule' Implementation

Backed by BlockTower and others, the shyft token helps a decentralized network of exchanges comply with anti-money laundering rules.

Shyft Network co-founder Joseph Weinberg

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Seychelles Regulator Issues Investor Alert Over Crypto Exchange Huobi Global

Huobi told CoinDesk the entity is within the company group.

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