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

ClearBank to Join Circle Payments Network, Expanding Access to MiCA-Compliant Stablecoins

ClearBank’s partnership with Circle aims to bring faster, lower-cost cross-border payments to Europe using USDC and EURC.

(Sandali Handagama/ CoinDesk)

Finance

Swiss Crypto Bank AMINA Taps Tokeny to Build Compliant 'Bridge' for Asset Tokenization

The partnership combines AMINA Bank’s Swiss-regulated custody with Tokeny’s blockchain infrastructure to ease tokenisation for financial institutions.

Swiss flags

Finance

DeFi Specialist Aave Labs Acquires Stable Finance, Expands Consumer Access to Onchain Savings

Acquisition brings Stable’s consumer app expertise to Aave Labs as it builds mainstream DeFi products.

Stani Kulechov, Lens founder, at Consensus 2019 (CoinDesk archive)

Policy

Revolut Secures MiCA License in Cyprus, Expanding Regulated Crypto Services Across EU

Fintech giant gains CySEC approval to offer compliant crypto trading across 30 EEA markets under MiCA

Revolut app

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Canada’s Anti-Money Laundering Watchdog Levies Record $126M Fine on Cryptomus

Fintrac said the firm was fined for unreported activity including transactions tied to child sexual abuse material, fraud, ransomware payments and sanctions evasion.

canaa fintrac

Finance

Crypto Exchange Kraken Is Taking Staff on Caribbean Island Retreat in January: Sources

Kraken has also handed all its employees a special one-off bonus, according to the sources.

The Caribbean island of Dominica is issuing a new digital token that will be airdropped to users of the Huobi exchange.

Policy

Liechtenstein Launches State-Backed Blockchain Network

Telecom Liechtenstein’s LTIN aims to deliver compliant, sovereign blockchain infrastructure for enterprises.

Liechtenstein (Randy Jost/Pixabay)

Finance

Deribit, Komainu Join Forces for Institutional In-Custody Crypto Trading

The deal gives institutions 24/7 trading access while keeping assets in segregated custody wallets

Komainu is named after the statues of mythical "lion dogs" that guard the entrances to Japanese Shinto temples. (Shutterstock)

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Finance

Coinbase Sees TradFi Institutions Driving Crypto Derivatives Boom

The listed exchange expects a rebalance from Asia's dominance towards U.S. and Europe-based, non-market maker institutions.

Usman Naeem, global head of derivative sales at Coinbase (Coinbase)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Coinbase Introduces Its Own Stablecoin Payments Platform

Coinbase Business, as the new service is called, will simplify vendor payments, eliminate chargebacks, and offer seamless API integrations.

Tom Duff Gordon, vice president of international policy at Coinbase, hosts a panel with former UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and former UK Chancellor George Osborne at the recent Coinbase Crypto Forum in London (Coinbase)