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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Finance

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)

Finance

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

Finance

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)

Finance

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.

Policy

Europe’s Financial Watchdog Probes Malta Over Fast-Track MiCA Authorizations

ESMA questioned the timing of the authorization of a certain “CASP entity” where “material issues remained unresolved or pending remediation at the time of the authorisation.”

Malta (Ludovica Dri/Unsplash)

Finance

Circle Has USDC Revenue Sharing Deal With Second-Largest Crypto Exchange ByBit: Sources

Assume any exchange that has some material amount of USDC has an agreement with Circle, said one person familiar with the situation.

(Sandali Handagama/ CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Trading Firm Galaxy Expands Institutional Staking With Fireblocks

The integration unlocks Galaxy’s institutional staking platform for Fireblocks clients, enabling secure, capital-efficient on-chain participation at scale, according to a statement.

Mike Novogratz, Founder and CEO, Galaxy Digital (Suzanne Cordiero/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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Finance

Crypto VC Paradigm Leads $11.6M Round for Kuru Labs’ DeFi Liquidity Engine

The raise will help build an on-chain orderbook on super-fast blockchain Monad.

Monad Labs is looking to provide faster EVM processing than Ethereum. (Julian Hochgesang/Unsplash)

Policy

Kevin O’Leary: U.S. Must Learn From Bitcoin Miners to Win ‘AI Wars’

Common ground between Bitcoin mining operations and AI data center requirements is now the focus of institutional investors and Washington, D.C. policymakers alike.

Kevin O'Leary, Chairman of O'Leary Ventures stands to give his keynote address at Consensus 2025 in Toronto