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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Bittensor’s Decentralized AI Studio, Yuma, Launches Asset Management Arm

Yuma Asset Management, a gateway to the Bittensor AI ecosystem for accredited investors, is the latest decentralized AI driving force from DCG's Barry Silbert.

 Yuma founder and CEO Barry Silbert (DCG)

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Majority of Institutions Expect to Double Digital Asset Exposure by 2028: State Street

Tokenized private markets seen as first major wave of blockchain adoption, the survey by State Street highlighted

State Street building in London (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Luxembourg Claims Bragging Rights as First Eurozone Nation to Invest in Bitcoin

Luxembourg’s Intergenerational Sovereign Wealth Fund (FSIL) has invested 1% of its holdings in Bitcoin ETFs, making it the first state level fund in the Eurozone to do so.

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Ex-Revolut Team Offers Leveraged Bitcoin Strategy to Build Retail Crypto Wealth

Neverless lets everyday investors use automated recurring buys with up to 5x leverage to grow bitcoin holdings

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Crypto-Focused AMINA Bank of Switzerland Offers Regulated Staking of Polygon Token

The bank claims to be the first to offer regulated staking for Polygon’s native token (POL), with rewards of up to 15%.

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Avalanche, CruTrade Tokenize $60M of Collectable Bottles of Fine Wine

The Avalanche-powered marketplace launches with 200,000 bottles tokenized to cut costs and prevent spoilage in the $9B fine wine market

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Crypto Life Insurer Anthea Raises $22M to Launch Ethereum-Denominated Policy

The funding round led by Yunfeng Financial Group will support the rollout of Anthea’s blockchain-based life insurance.

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Wealth App Stratiphy Partners With 21Shares to Offer Crypto ETNs Under New UK Rules

The partnership launches as FCA rules change to allow UK retail investors to buy crypto Exchange Traded Notes.

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Fasset Wins Malaysia License to Launch First Stablecoin-Based Islamic Digital Bank

Approval lets Fasset offer full-service, Shariah-compliant digital banking backed by stablecoins

Fasset is focused on creating a Shariah-complaint stablecoin ecosystem (May Lim/Unsplash)

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Samsung Adds Coinbase Crypto Access for 75M Galaxy Device Users

Galaxy owners in the U.S. will get exclusive Coinbase One access through Samsung Wallet integration.

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