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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OKX Introduces Regulated Crypto Derivatives for Retail Traders in UAE

Traders in the UAE can now access futures, perpetuals, and options with leverage under new rules

OKX trading app on a mobile phone (CoinDesk)

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Clearmatics' New DeFi Derivatives Let Traders Bet on Anything, but It's Not a Prediction Market

Forecast markets will run on the soon-to-launch layer-1 blockchain Autonity and newly developed Autonomous Futures Protocol (AFP).

Clearmatics CEO Robert Sams

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Crypto Prediction Market Polymarket Weighs Launching Its Own Stablecoin: Source

Polymarket would create its own stablecoin to own the yield-generating USD reserves that back the amount of Circle’s dollar-pegged token, USDC, a source said.

Shayne Coplan, CEO, Polymarket, speaks at Consensus 2024. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk).

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EDX Unveils International Crypto Trading Platform With Perpetual Futures

EDX International, the Singapore-based global hub of the firm, is offering trading in 44 cryptocurrency pairs, including Bitcoin, ETH, Sol, and XRP.

Banks in Singapore (Aditya Chinchure/Unsplash)

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Kraken to Support Biotech Firm Windtree’s $200M BNB Treasury Play

Crypto exchange Kraken will custody and manage BNB assets for Windtree Therapeutics' crypto treasury plan tied to Binance Chain.

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Archax to Acquire Deutsche Digital Assets, Expanding Crypto ETP Reach in Europe

The UK-regulated platform adds German crypto manager DDA, gaining BaFin permissions and $70 million AUM.

Europe flags (Shutterstock)

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Frank Chaparro, Former Block Reporter, Joins Crypto Trading Firm GSR

The new position will see Chaparro take up the role of GSR’s head of content and special projects.

Frank Chaparro (@fintechfrank X account)

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Unity Wallet Taps NEAR to Launch AI Assistant and Web3 Tools

The update adds NEAR’s staking, intents and dApp access ahead of Unity Wallet’s AI Assistant rollout in August.

AI agent tokens has garnered significant mindshare among crypto traders, growing into a multibillion dollar asset class. (Getty Images/Unsplash)

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Crypto Insurance Broker Native Introduces ‘Risk Collective’ Backed by Lloyd’s Underwriters

The Native Risk Collective brings together Lloyd’s of London underwriters Mosaic Insurance and Chaucer, with security vendors to set a new standard for digital asset insurance.

Native leaders: In order from left to right, these are James Asaad (Chairman), Dan Ross (CTO) and Ben David (CEO). (Native)

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Decentralized Exchange dYdX Acquires Social Trading App Pocket Protector

The DEX also appointed Pocket Protector co-founder Eddie Zhang as president.

Heashot of dYdX founder Antonio Juliano (dYdX)