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

Sony’s Layer-2 Blockchain Soneium Unveils Gaming Incubator

The Soneium For All incubator is to accelerate consumer and gaming applications within the blockchain’s 7 million-user ecosystem.

Sony's

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UK Regulator FCA to Lift Ban on Crypto ETNs for Retail Investors

The move is to support U.K. growth and competitiveness, the FCA said.

UK FCA building (FCA)

Finance

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.

Dollars and magnifying glass

Finance

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.

Maple leaves on a branch

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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.

Geneva, Switzerland

Policy

MoonPay Grabs Coveted BitLicense Approval In New York

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

Moon and buildings

Finance

Standard Chartered-Backed Zodia Custody Starts Safekeeping Tokenized Emeralds

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

Emeralds (Unsplash)

Finance

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).

Union Jack Flag of Great Britain against a Blue Sky

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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)