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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Policy

Switzerland’s Tokenized Securities Law Ushers In New Chapter for Digital Assets

Regulated crypto banks SEBA and Sygnum each issued tokenized securities to mark the occasion.

Lake Zurich, Switzerland

Finance

Switzerland’s Crypto Broker AG Wins Securities House License From FINMA

Banks can tick a box and start trading with us, said CEO Rupertus Rothenhaeuser.

Jan Brzezek, founder and CEO of Crypto Finance Group (left), and Rupertus Rothenhaeuser, CEO of Crypto Broker AG

Finance

China, Singapore Look Ahead to CBDC Future at World Economic Forum

A former deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China compared notes with the chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

WEF

Finance

Algorand Teams Up With Crypto Custodian Curv for ‘Trusted DeFi’

The firms aim to build technology that "appeals to traditional institutions, payment providers [and] governments."

Curv team

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Finance

‘Pomp’ Launches Crypto Jobs Board With Gemini, Coinbase and BlockFi

Morgan Creek’s Anthony Pompliano aims to list 10,000 openings by the end of the year.

Anthony Pompliano, Pomp, Morgan Creek

Finance

EY’s Paul Brody Expects Consumer DeFi Ignition in 2021

Welcome to the world of boomer DeFi.

EY blockchain lead Paul Brody

Finance

Harvard, Yale, Brown Endowments Have Been Buying Bitcoin for at Least a Year: Sources

University endowments that backed blockchain VCs in 2018 have started buying crypto directly from Coinbase.

Yale University

Finance

Ethereum-Based ConsenSys Quorum Partners With China’s BSN Blockchain

The first partnership for Quorum since leaving JPMorgan is a big one.

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Finance

eToro Survey Finds Pensions and Endowments Are Finally Waking Up to Crypto

The exchange quizzed 25 institutional players about crypto investing, including a couple of pension funds.

EToro (CoinDesk Archives)

Finance

Salesforce, Lime Execs Join Board of Polkadot-Inspired Cere Network

Cere’s new board members don’t want a “half-assed approach” to enterprise blockchain.

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