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

Every Bank and Fintech Wants DeFi Under the Hood: Alchemy

Firms want to explore a “DeFi mullet:” compliance guardrails at the front, seamless access to DeFi tools at the back, said Web3 plumber Alchemy.

Alchemy CTO Guillaume Poncin (Alchemy)

Finance

Visa Expands Stablecoin Reach in Europe, Middle East and Africa

The company has also formed a strategic partnership with African crypto exchange Yellow Card.

Visa headquarters in Foster City, California. (Wonderlane/Creative Commons)

Finance

A Startup Is Looking to Pay 30% Yield by Tokenizing AI Infrastructure

Compute Labs’ tokens offer fractionalized ownership of industrial-grade NVIDIA H200 GPUs, which would retail at around $30,000 for a single unit.

computer processors (Shutterstock)

Finance

Healthcare Firm Prenetics Uses Kraken to Kickoff Bitcoin Treasury

Prenetics purchased 187.42 BTC at an average price of $106,712 per Bitcoin via a Kraken custody account.

(Cleveland Trust Co/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Markets

Another XRP ETF Comes to Canada as 3iQ Launches XRPQ on Toronto Stock Exchange

The new XRP fund will trade under the XRPQ ticker.

Toronto Stock Exchange

Finance

Every Fintech Firm Will Run Its Own Blockchain 'in Next Five Years:' Optimism

The logic behind this assertion is straightforward and simple, says OP Labs head of product Sam McIngvale.

Sam McIngvale (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

JPMorgan Introduces USD Deposit Token on Coinbase’s Base Blockchain

The bank’s JPMD is a permissioned USD deposit token enabling J.P. Morgan institutional clients to move money 24/7 on-chain.

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Tech

UK Startup Optalysys Debuts Server for Blockchains

Optalysys is claiming bragging rights for introducing the LightLocker node, the world’s first server for blockchains that can process data at scale without decrypting it.

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Finance

Crypto Lending Platform Morpho V2 Brings DeFi Closer to Traditional Finance

Morpho V2 delivers market-driven fixed-rate, fixed-term loans with customizable terms to meet the demands of institutions and enterprises.

Paul Frambot, CEO Morpho Labs (Morpho)

Finance

Crypto Lender Maple Partners with Liquid Staking Specialist Lido Finance

Maple will offer stablecoin credit lines backed by Lido’s staking token stETH.

Maple leaves on a branch