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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Singapore bank DBS to offer tokenized gold to retail customers

Each token is backed by one gram of physical gold held by DBS in a dedicated vault in Singapore.

Close-up of stacked gold bars. (Jingming Pan/Unsplash)

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Coinbase and Cardless unveil credit card backed by stablecoins

The stablecoin-secured card is for situations where a credit card cannot be approved on an unsecured basis.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong on July 18, 2025. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Goldman Sachs teams with Apex, Archax for tokenized real estate fund

The fund combines blockchain native issuance with established fund structures.

Goldman Sachs logo (Shutterstock)

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Payment giants Stripe, Visa, Mastercard said to be among backers of soon-to-debut stablecoin platform

U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase is also said to be looking into the possibility of participating in the new stablecoin platform.

A cellphone held near a card reader (NFC)

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Crypto custody firm Copper is looking to sell the company for $500 million

Cantor Fitzgerald has been appointed to help with the sale, according to sources.

Amar Kuchinad, Copper's global CEO (Copper)

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Ethereum app builder Consensys has delayed its potential IPO until fall

The MetaMask wallet builder had reportedly engaged bankers from JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs to lead the process.

Joe Lubin (David Paul Morris/Consensus)

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Binance's chief marketing officer Rachel Conlan to leave the exchange

Eowyn Chen, former CEO of Trust Wallet, will serve as her interim replacement.

CMO Rachel Conlan (Binance)

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Anchorage is stepping back from Robinhood and Kraken-backed stablecoin group

Anchorage Digital co-founder and CEO Nathan McCauley said there will be ‘increased neutrality’ from his firm on stablecoins.

Anchorage Digital CEO Nathan McCauley

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The stablecoin queue: 20 banks and tech giants are waiting to issue tokens with Anchorage Digital

Since the Genius Act passed, Anchorage "has won every single large stablecoin issuance mandate" across the landscape, according to the firm’s CEO Nathan McCauley.

Anchorage Digital CEO Nathan McCauley

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Dominance of Tether and Circle is a net bad for stablecoins, says Bridge executive

Circle and Tether are going to make it harder for stablecoins to feel like money, said Ben O'Neill, head of money movement at Bridge.

 Ben O'Neill, head of money movement at Bridge