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

BitGo Wins German Approval to Start Regulated Crypto Trading in Europe

German regulator BaFin clears expansion as BitGo adds trading to its custody and staking services.

CEO of BitGo Mike Belshe in a chair on-stage at Consensus 2023 (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

Hex Trust Adds Custody and Staking for Lido’s stETH, Expanding Institutional Access to Ethereum Rewards

Integration offers one-click staking and liquidity for institutional investors through Hex Trust’s platform.

Alessio Quaglini, CEO and Co-Founder of Hex Trust (provided)

Finance

Galaxy Digital Said to Plan Its Own Tokenized Money Market Fund

Galaxy’s tokenized fund will ultimately be available on the Ethereum, Solana and Stellar blockchains, said a person familiar with the plans.

Mike Novogratz, Founder and CEO, Galaxy Digital. (CoinDesk)

Finance

Blockchain-Based RWA Specialists Bring $50M to Apollo's Tokenized Credit Strategy

Crypto credit infrastructure firm Grove commits $50 million to the Anemoy Tokenized Apollo Diversified Credit Fund (ACRDX) with help from Plume and Centrifuge.

Christine Moy, partner leading digital assets at Apollo Global Management (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Finance

UBS, PostFinance and Sygnum Conduct Cross-Bank Payments on Ethereum

The proof of concept, run under the Swiss Bankers Association, saw UBS, PostFinance, and Sygnum Bank carry out transactions using deposit tokens.

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Finance

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)

Policy

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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Finance

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)

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Tech

American Express Introduces Blockchain-Based ‘Travel Stamps’

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

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Finance

Binance, Franklin Templeton Join Forces to Expand Digital Asset Products

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

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)