Latest from Ian Allison
Custody Battle Pits Institutional Boomers Against Crypto Upstarts
Crypto custodians are in a race to build the next State Street or BNY Mellon.
Libra Is Ready for the Digital Money 'Space Race': Dante Disparte
Libra's most vexing challenge may be juggling inclusion and compliance. But policy chief Dante Disparte says the project is not giving up on reaching the unbanked.
MakerDAO Weighs Accepting Real-World Assets as Crypto Loan Collateral
Decentralized finance may soon boast a real-world use case as MakerDao considers accepting freight invoices as collateral for dai loans.
Behind 'Prime Broker' Buzzword Lies a Complex Strategy Game for Crypto Firms
Coinbase, BitGo and Genesis all announced plans to become prime brokers this month. Here's what the trend reveals about the state of the industry.
Coinbase Buys Tagomi as 'Foundation' of Institutional Trading Arm
Crypto exchange Coinbase is finally acquiring Tagomi, a prime brokerage platform specializing in digital asset trading for institutional clients.
VideoCoin Adds Cash Payments and Rewards in Bid to Take On AWS
Halsey Minor’s VideoCoin platform launches Wednesday with fiat payment rails that aim to move the project beyond the limited sphere of crypto.
Crypto ‘Gray’ Markets Could Be Unintended Consequence of FATF Travel Rule
Clean bitcoin, dirty bitcoin. Could FATF regulations lead to a bifurcation of the crypto space, one where certain digital assets trade at lower prices?
IBM Takes 7% Stake in Trade Finance Blockchain Network We.Trade
IBM has become a shareholder in we.trade, the blockchain-based trade-finance platform jointly owned by 12 European banks.
Blockchain Sleuthing Firm Elliptic Adds 87 Crypto Assets in Arms Race With Chainalysis
Crypto sleuthing firm Elliptic has added 87 new tokens to its analytics offering, expanding its reach to 97% of digital assets by trading volume.
Staying Alive: Why the World of Enterprise Blockchain Has Turned to Collaborations
Enterprise blockchain isn’t dead, but survival has meant more collaboration and some smart pivots. A dispatch from this week’s Consensus: Distributed.
