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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Ex-Google Chief Eric Schmidt Backs Firms Behind Blockchain Credit Bureau

High throughput blockchain Keeta is facilitating credit data platform SOLO to create PASS, an on-chain bank-grade financial identity layer.

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Crypto Lender Maple Finance Expands to Solana With Chainlink

Maple’s ecosystem has allocated $500,000 in incentives and coordinated over $30 million in liquidity.

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Crypto Investment Firms 3iQ, Criptonite Debut Structured Investment Vehicle in Switzerland

The 3iQ Criptonite Multi-Factor actively managed certificate is a hedge fund that uses a long/short strategy.

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MoonPay Grabs Coveted BitLicense Approval In New York

The NYDFS also granted MoonPay a money transmitter license for New York state.

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Standard Chartered-Backed Zodia Custody Starts Safekeeping Tokenized Emeralds

Zodia Custody is looking after tokenized emeralds through a partnership with Swiss fintech firm GEMx.

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Stablecoin Connector BVNK Partners With Chinese Cross-Border Payments Firm LianLian

The deal facilitates stablecoin payments across LianLian’s network of merchants in over 100 countries.

Tokenized Treasuries has become a $3.5 billion asset class as demand and DeFi integration soared.(Ryan Quintal/Unsplash, Modified by CoinDesk)

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British Pound-Linked Stablecoin Unveiled at BCP Technologies

The FCA-registered firm is claiming the first issuance of a UK-regulated stablecoin denominated in British pound sterling, Tokenised GBP (tGBP).

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Bittensor’s Decentralized AI Studio, Yuma, Comes to University of Connecticut

Bittensor builder Yuma has partnered with University of Connecticut to create ‘BittBridge,’ a learning program focused on blockchain-based AI.

The Connecticut State Capitol (Shutterstock)

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Kraken Unveils White-Glove Prime Brokerage Service for Crypto Institutions

Kraken Prime will offer institutional crypto clients trading, custody and financing through a unified platform.

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Tokenized Securities Trading Venue 21X Adds Circle’s USDC Stablecoin

The collaboration will power atomic settlement of tokenized stocks, bonds and funds on 21X’s regulated trading platform.

The Reichstag, German Parliament Building (Shutterstock)