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Ian Allison

Senior Reporter

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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Banking Giant ING Is Quietly Becoming a Serious Blockchain Innovator

Dutch bank ING, which made a splash last year with a modification to zero-knowledge proofs, is adding another innovative wrinkle to privacy in DLT.

Apr 30, 2018

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Markets

Barclays, Goldman Champion ISDA Standard for Blockchain Derivatives

U.K.-based bank Barclays is pushing hard for a data standard for derivatives, as a foundation for that market to adopt distributed ledger technology.

Apr 26, 2018

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Markets

'WordPress of Blockchain' Startup Seeks to Solve Enterprise Pain Points

Elemential, which is based in Mumbai, India, seeks to remove the pain of “blockchain administration."

Apr 22, 2018

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Markets

Blockchain Slump? Banks May Be Fatigued But Insurers Are Pumped

Giving progress reports on their blockchain projects, bankers come across browbeaten and anxious, while their cousins in insurance sound spritely.

Apr 20, 2018

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Markets

Insurance Giant Allianz Is Testing a Token to Move Money Internally

Allianz is testing a blockchain token to move money between its global affiliates.

Apr 19, 2018

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Markets

Enterprise Ethereum Alliance Pledges 2018 Blockchain Standards Release

The 450-plus member Enterprise Ethereum Alliance is set to release its common blockchain standards for business users before the end of 2018.

Apr 19, 2018

ConsenSys staffer and EEA board member Jeremy Millar speaks in 2018. (Ian Allison/CoinDesk archives)

Markets

Ideas Abound for Business Blockchains, But Who's Going to Pay?

With fatigue for trials setting in, business blockchain builders are talking creatively about how to handle the costs of distributed ledger networks.

Apr 19, 2018

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Markets

Energy Giant BP Says It's Tested 'Internal' Tokens

British Petroleum would consider partnering with startups that conduct initial coin offerings.

Apr 18, 2018

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IBM-Backed Blockchain Trial Takes Aim at Advertising's Middlemen

Working with IBM and Salon, AdLedger is launching a proof-of-concept to show how ad spend can be managed more transparently on a private blockchain.

Apr 18, 2018

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Markets

Beyond Banking: R3's Expanding Vision for Global Blockchain

R3 is now proposing that its DLT platform, known as Corda, could link together a wide range of businesses, not just financial ones, across the globe.

Apr 13, 2018

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