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

State Street says institutions want improved blockchain security in wake of recent DeFi attacks

Angus Fletcher, State Street’s head of digital assets said the young crypto industry needs to find solutions now before trillions in RWAs come on-chain.

Angus Fletcher, State Street’s head of digital assets (left) and Morpho head of institutional, Dennis Bree

Finance

Crypto's value is from being outside regulatory apparatus, says Arthur Hayes

All that matters for bitcoin’s value proposition is fiat liquidity, said Arthur Hayes, CIO of Maelstrom, at Consensus Miami 2026.

Arthur Hayes Consensus Miami 2026

Finance

Crypto.com’s high-rolling head of marketing to leave after almost six years

Steven Kalifowitz will be moving on from his role as CMO, effective June 30, and will then continue on as advisor to the CEO.

A close-up of the new ad patch. (Crypto.com/76ers)

Finance

Coinbase boosts Solana trading with DFlow integration

Coinbase adding DFlow as its primary router will mean eight times less trade failures.

Coinbase logo shown on a laptop screen

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Finance

Anchorage Digital and M0 team up to power next wave of regulated stablecoins

Anchorage seeks to expand its issuance platform through M0, and opens the door to a broad range of firms looking to launch U.S.-regulated stablecoins.

Luca Prosperi, CEO of M0 (M0)

Policy

KuCoin EU hires anti-money laundering talent to appease Austrian regulator

KuCoin was ordered by Austria’s FMA to halt business in the EU because of a shortfall in AML and compliance staff.

KuCoin screen on a mobile phone. (Shutterstock)

Finance

Institutional money is coming for bitcoin, but Adam Back says it moves slower than you think

The legendary cryptographer discusses institutional money flows into bitcoin.

Blockstream CEO Adam Back

Finance

Visa is teaming up with stablecoin firm WeFi to build onchain banks

Collins wants to bring robust stablecoin payments infrastructure to under-banked people around the planet.

VISA credit card (Shutterstock)

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Industry leaders are pouring hundreds of millions into a rescue plan for Aave users after massive crypto hack

The response to the DeFi recovery fund has quickly extended beyond Aave, and in some cases began with direct outreach.

DeFi community comes together to support AAVE users. (CoinDesk)

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MiCA's not enough: Bybit CEO says firms need other licenses to turn a profit in Europe

In an interview, Ben Zhou said the crypto exchange is at least two years away from breaking even in Europe.

Bybit CEO Ben Zhou (Danny Nelson/ CoinDesk)