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

Coinbase Asset Management Plans Tokenized Money-Market Fund, a Hot Area After BlackRock's BUIDL Success: Sources

Tokenization is one of the hottest corners of the blockchain ecosystem.

Coinbase Asset Management is getting into tokenized money-market funds. (Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)

Finance

Solana Sees Arrival of Nomura, Brevan Howard-Affiliated Tokenization Firm Libre

Libre is unveiling a new tokenized offering, the blockchain-based Hamilton Lane SCOPE senior credit fund, which will be available on Solana and Ethereum-compatible chains.

Libre CEO Avtar Sehra (Libre)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Woo X Allows Daily Interest Withdrawals From T-Bill-Backed Earn Vaults

The RWA Vaults built with the help of OpenTrade had previously operated over a seven or 28-day term.

(Pixabay)

Finance

Crypto Exchanges Clamping Down on Prime Brokers Is Backwards Step for Market Efficiency, Traders Say

Binance and OKX say closing a loophole that meant crypto prime brokers could offer lower fees is about transparency and creating a level playing field. Some trading firms say it's a backward step for market efficiency.

(Mohan Murugesan/Unsplash)

Finance

Standard Chartered-Backed Zodia Markets to Buy Elwood Trading Desk

The deal will strengthen Zodia Markets' over-the-counter business while allowing Elwood to conentrate on its software-as-a-service activities.

Headshot of Zodia Markets CEO Usman Ahmad

Finance

Crypto Trading Firm XBTO Establishes Tokenization Team to Focus on Real World Assets

The tokenized asset classes that will be available through XBTO include corporate debt issuance with other areas like real estate to follow, the company said on Wednesday.

Philippe Bekhazi , XBTO CEO. (CoinDesk Archives)

Finance

A Crypto Trading Clampdown Expands Beyond Binance to Another Large Exchange

The second-largest crypto exchange, OKX, asked key trading firms for more information about their clients, in what appears to be an effort to root out misuse of a VIP fee program.

Crypto exchanges are clamping down on fees. (Matt Artz/Unsplash)

Finance

Tether Taps Chainalysis Chief Economist Philip Gradwell as Economics Head

Gradwell will be responsible for quantifying the Tether economy to regulators.

Tether 's logo painted on a wooden background.

Finance

OKX Picks Malta Over France as Europe Hub to Comply With EU's MiCA Crypto Rules: Sources

OKX previously said in May 2023 that France would be its preferred European hub. "Compliance in Malta is way more lenient," said a person with direct knowledge of OKX's EU regulatory efforts.

Malta (Nick Fewings / Unsplash)

Finance

Fireblocks Adds First Clutch of Crypto Safekeeping Firms to Its Global Custodian Program

Zodia Custody, Komainu, CloudTech, Zerocap and Rakkar are the first five institutional-friendly crypto custody providers to join the Fireblocks Global Custodian Partner Program.

Fireblocks sign at Miami airport during Bitcoin Miami conference 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)