Latest from Ian Allison
IBM’s Public Cloud Is Secure Enough for Crypto Custodians
Announced Tuesday, the latest offering from Onchain Custodian is hosted entirely on Big Blue’s banking-grade public cloud.

Binance Throws Weight Behind Shyft Network in 'Travel Rule' Standards Race
Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange group, has chosen the Shyft Network to help address a looming regulatory requirement.

Secretive Digital Fiat Project Emerges With New Partner as CBDC Chatter Grows
Fnality, a high-profile digital fiat project backed by 14 big-name financial institutions, is teaming with the ConsenSys-backed Adhara.

Paxos, Credit Suisse Claim First Blockchain-Based Settlement of US Equities
The Paxos Settlement Service has gone live, allowing for the simultaneous exchange of cash and a select number of U.S.-listed securities on the firm's own private version of ethereum.

UK Crypto Exchange Coinfloor Launches ‘No BS’ Service for Bitcoin Beginners
The Coinfloor exchange, which dropped ethereum to focus solely on bitcoin, is launching a simplified buying service for crypto newbies.

Wells Fargo Invests $5M in Startup Connecting Crypto Exchanges and Banks
Banking giant Wells Fargo is backing blockchain forensics firm Elliptic.

IBM Blockchain VP: Every Dollar Spent on Blockchain Yields $15 on Cloud
Enterprise blockchain is a catalyst for further spending at Big Blue, according to Jerry Cuomo, IBM’s vice president of blockchain technologies.

Inside the Standards Race for Implementing FATF’s Travel Rule
Crypto businesses are figuring out how to comply with the Financial Action Task Force’s “Travel Rule.” And putting technical solutions in place is proving to be just as tricky as the legal and operational issues involved.

Scotland’s Bitcoiners Share Canny Tales of ‘Buying the Dip’
A meetup in Scotland afforded a forensic examination of bitcoin's rollercoaster cycle – with plenty of examples of the emotional trauma that accompanied the ride.

Singapore Announces New AML Rules for Crypto Businesses
Singapore’s newly enacted Payment Services Act brings so-called Digital Payment Token (DPT) services under current anti-money laundering (AML) and counterterrorist-financing (CTF) rules.

