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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Chainlink Chosen by Privacy-Focused Blockchain Canton to Push Institutional Adoption

Partnership brings Chainlink’s oracle and cross-chain tools to Canton’s growing enterprise network

Chainlink CEO and co-founder Sergey Nazarov

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Y Combinator, Base and Coinbase Ventures Launch ‘Fintech 3.0’ as Finance Goes On-Chain

The initiative calls on founders to build financial systems on blockchain rails as regulation, infrastructure and adoption align

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Fnality Raises $136M to Expand Blockchain Payment Systems for Banks

Funding round backed by Bank of America, Citi, WisdomTree and others highlights institutional push into tokenized finance.

Major banks' logos light up the night atop skyscrapers. (Miquel Parera/Unsplash)

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Boerse Stuttgart Digital Expands to Spain as Demand for Crypto Services Rises

New Madrid hub positions German crypto infrastructure firm to capture growing adoption among banks and investors

Stuttgart Stock Exchange, owner of Boerse Stuttgart Digital (Boerse Stuttgart)

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Societe Generale Selects Bullish Europe to Debut Its USD Stablecoin

The European arm of crypto exchange Bullish is to be the first venue to list the SG Forge’s USD CoinVertible (USDCV) stablecoin.

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CZ's Family Office Deepens Stake in Ethena Labs as USDe Stablecoin Supply Tops $13B

Backing will fund expansion on BNB Chain, fiat-backed stablecoin USDtb, and settlement layer Converge.

Binance co-founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao

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Coinbase Adds USDC Lending With Morpho and Steakhouse Financial

The feature lets Coinbase users earn yield on USDC deposits while powering the platform’s crypto-backed loan market.

Coinbase adds bitcoin-backed borrowing

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Tether Co-Founder, Tokenization Pioneer Unveil Startup for GENIUS-Aligned Digital Dollars

STBL transforms tokenized securities such as money market funds into freely usable stablecoins, and allow-listed, interest-accruing NFTs.

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Crypto Exchange Kraken Sees Handful of Senior Execs Depart: Source

Four senior executives who work on the institutional side of business have recently left Kraken.

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MoneyGram Makes Stablecoins the Backbone of Its Next-Generation App

Launching first in Colombia, the app will allow users to receive and hold funds in USD-backed stablecoins.

MoneyGram app (MoneyGram)