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

BlackRock, Other Potential Bitcoin ETF Providers Reveal Fees

BlackRock said its fee will start at 0.20%, rising to 0.30%.

BlackRock's corporate office in New York, New York. (Jim.henderson/Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

Goldman Sachs Eyeing Bitcoin ETF Role Via BlackRock and Grayscale: Sources

Goldman Sachs is in talks to play the key role of being an "authorized participant" for BlackRock and Grayscale's bitcoin ETFs, if the SEC approves them, according to people familiar with the situation.

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon (Lester Cohen/Getty Images)

Policy

Nexo's Money Laundering Investigation in Bulgaria Closed Due to Lack of Evidence: Report

The Bulgarian Prosecutor's Office is reported to have said that it found “no evidence of criminal activity,” adding that “no evidence of tax offenses or computer fraud was found against the defendants, either.”

Nexo co-founder Antoni Trenchev speaks at Consensus 2019. (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Solana Rally Sees FTX's Holdings Grow to $4.2B, Setting Claims Market on Fire

FTX’s SOL holdings are worth over $4.2 billion in today’s money, up from $1.16 billion from earlier this year.

Solana Spaces (Solana)

Finance

Qredo’s Ankex Crypto Exchange Shutters, CEO Michael Moro Leaves

The hybrid exchange unveiled last year was headed by ex-Genesis CEO Michael Moro, who appears to have departed.

Michael Moro (Morgan Brown/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

Deutsche Bank-Backed Taurus Starts Tokenizing German SME Loans

Crypto custody specialist Taurus has partnered with lending company Teylor.

Bull outside Frankfurt Stock Exchange

Finance

Rulematch, a Swiss Crypto Exchange for Banks, Goes Live With Spain's BBVA

The institutional crypto platform uses Nasdaq’s trading tech, and comes out the gates with seven banks and securities firms.

A train travels through the Swiss Alps with snowy peaks in the background.

Finance

BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF Now Invites Participation From Wall Street Banks

A change to the structure of proposed spot bitcoin ETFs would enable authorized participants (APs) to create new shares in the fund with cash, rather than only with cryptocurrency, essentially opening the door to banks who cannot hold crypto directly.

BlackRock HQ

Finance

Bitcoin Wallet Conio, Coinbase Team Up to Bring Crypto to Italian Banks

Conio is also looking at tokenization, and is involved in the Euro Token project overseen by the innovation center of the Bank of Italy.

Conio general manager Orlando Merone (Conio)

Finance

Starknet Foundation to Allocate 1.8B STRK Tokens 'Soon'

Starknet said 900 million STRK are earmarked for the foundation’s Provisions Committee, and 900 million will be dedicated to user rebates.

StarkWare co-founders President Eli Ben-Sasson and CEO Uri Kolodny (StarkWare)