Ian Allison

Senior Reporter

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.

Latest from Ian Allison

Finance

Deutsche Digital Assets and Safello to List Staked Bittensor ETP on SIX Swiss Exchange

The exchange-traded product offers investors regulated access to Bittensor’s TAO token with staking rewards and full physical backing.

Oct 29, 2025

Artificial Intelligence (Markus Winkler/Unsplash)

Finance

Wealth Managers Scramble to Add Crypto as UAE's Ultra-Rich Demand Digital Assets

Swiss software firm Avaloq, which serves numerous private banks and wealth managers, surveyed trends in high net worth (HNW) investing in the UAE.

Oct 28, 2025

Finance

ClearBank to Join Circle Payments Network, Expanding Access to MiCA-Compliant Stablecoins

ClearBank’s partnership with Circle aims to bring faster, lower-cost cross-border payments to Europe using USDC and EURC.

Oct 27, 2025

Finance

Swiss Crypto Bank AMINA Taps Tokeny to Build Compliant 'Bridge' for Asset Tokenization

The partnership combines AMINA Bank’s Swiss-regulated custody with Tokeny’s blockchain infrastructure to ease tokenisation for financial institutions.

Oct 23, 2025

Finance

DeFi Specialist Aave Labs Acquires Stable Finance, Expands Consumer Access to Onchain Savings

Acquisition brings Stable’s consumer app expertise to Aave Labs as it builds mainstream DeFi products.

Oct 23, 2025

Photo of Stani Kulechov in 2019 (CoinDesk archive)

Policy

Revolut Secures MiCA License in Cyprus, Expanding Regulated Crypto Services Across EU

Fintech giant gains CySEC approval to offer compliant crypto trading across 30 EEA markets under MiCA

Oct 23, 2025

Policy

Canada’s Anti-Money Laundering Watchdog Levies Record $126M Fine on Cryptomus

Fintrac said the firm was fined for unreported activity including transactions tied to child sexual abuse material, fraud, ransomware payments and sanctions evasion.

Oct 23, 2025