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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Finanças

Deutsche Börse’s Crypto Finance Unveils Connected Custody Settlement for Digital Assets

Crypto Finance's new application, AnchorNote, lets clients trade across multiple venues while keeping assets in regulated custody.

Deutsche Börse-backed Crypto Finance is teaming up with Apex Group to provide institutional-grade crypto investment products. (Shutterstock)

Política

France, Austria and Italy Urge Stronger EU Oversight of Crypto Markets Under MiCA

Regulators seek direct ESMA supervision and tighter rules on non-EU platforms to boost investor protection.

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Finanças

Crypto Lender Maple Expands to Tether-Backed Plasma

The deployment marks first syrupUSDT launch beyond Ethereum as Maple targets $5B in assets by year-end.

Maple Finance's Sid Powell (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tecnologia

American Express Introduces Blockchain-Based ‘Travel Stamps’

The digital passport stamps are designed to record and commemorate the travel experience.

AmEx card (Shutterstock)

Publicidade

Finanças

Binance, Franklin Templeton Join Forces to Expand Digital Asset Products

Collaboration aims to merge tokenized securities expertise with global trading reach.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finanças

Coinbase Enlarges Its AI Agent-Focused Crypto Micropayments Ecosystem

Coinbase engineers have released x402 Bazaar, a “Google for AI agents” discovery layer.

Coinbase (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Finanças

BNP Paribas and HSBC Join Privacy-Focused Blockchain Canton

The banks have joined the Canton Foundation, the governance organization that runs the Canton Network.

HSBC and other banks in London's Canary Wharf (David Merrett/Flickr)

Finanças

Ripple Extends Digital Asset Custody Partnership With BBVA in Spain

Spanish bank expands retail crypto offering with Ripple custody tech under EU’s MiCA rules

BBVA

Publicidade

Finanças

CoinShares to Go Public in U.S. Through $1.2B SPAC Deal With Vine Hill

Europe’s largest digital asset manager by market share will shift its listing from Sweden to Nasdaq.

CoinShares CEO Jean-Marie Mognetti (CoinShares)

Finanças

Elliptic Unveils Crime-Tracking Tool as Stablecoins Enter the Mainstream

The blockchain analytics specialist has released a due diligence product for stablecoins that's tailored to banks and compliance departments.

Elliptic Founder James Smith