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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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)

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Public Companies Buying Altcoins: Animoca Brands Report Explores Strategic Shift

Animoca's latest research outlines why firms are adding altcoins like ETH and SOL to treasuries amid Bitcoin-led trend.

Yat Siu, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, Animoca Brands (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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Crypto Market Maker B2C2 Said to Be Raising up to $200M: Source

The transaction will allow majority holder SBI to reduce its stake in the crypto trading firm, the source said.

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PayPal Blockchain Lead José Fernández da Ponte Joins Stellar

The Stellar Development Foundation also hired Jason Karsh, a former Block and Blockchain.com executive, as chief marketing officer.

Jose Fernandez da Ponte, senior vice president of digital currencies at PayPal, speaks at Consensus 2025.

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Tokenization Firm Midas Brings Two New DeFi Products to Etherlink

The firm’s new mMEV and mRe7YIELD products deliver institutional-grade, market-neutral DeFi exposure.

Midas CEO Dennis Dinkelmeyer (Midas)

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Standard Chartered Says It’s the First Global Bank to Offer Spot Bitcoin, Ether Trading

The bank’s U.K. branch offers regulated, deliverable spot trading for Bitcoin and Ether to institutional clients.

Standard Chartered Bank Building, Hong Kong

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SafePal and 1inch to Give Away Hardware Wallets to Boost DeFi Security

The campaign offers limited-edition hardware wallets as DEX trading volumes hit record highs.

1inch co-founders Anton Bukov (left) and Sergej Kunz (1inch Network)

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MoonPay Adds Single-Click Crypto Payments for Revolut Users in UK, EU

The integration lets Revolut Pay users purchase crypto instantly without card-based payment hurdles

Revolut app

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German State Lender NRW.BANK Issues €100M Blockchain Bond on Polygon

The German state bank’s crypto bond on Polygon marks a pivotal step in Europe’s tokenized capital market adoption, according to a press release.

Flag of Germany with Euro notes.