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.

Latest from Ian Allison

Finance

Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank to Roll Out Crypto Trading for Retail Customers in January

The bank will start its crypto services to customers in Vienna in partnership with Bitpanda.

Nov 23, 2023

Austrian parliament, Vienna. (Shutterstock)

Finance

After CZ Quits as Binance CEO, Richard Teng Looks Like the Heir Apparent

One-time Abu Dhabi regulator Teng was appointed to oversee Binance's regional markets outside the U.S. back in June of this year.

Nov 21, 2023

Finance

Celsius Revamp Plan Hits Speed Bump With SEC: Source

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission wants more information about the assets of the former crypto lender, which is reorganizing through bankruptcy, a person familiar with the matter said.

Nov 20, 2023

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Santander Private Bank Introduces Bitcoin, Ethereum Trading for Clients in Switzerland

Santander Private Banking International is offering buy, sell and hold services with bitcoin and ether to clients with accounts in Switzerland.

Nov 20, 2023

a row of parked, Santander-sponsored bicycles, aka Boris bikes.

Finance

Crypto Giant OKX Goes Live With Off-Exchange Derivatives Trading

Asset manager CoinShares, along with crypto custody joint venture Komainu, are aiming for TradFi standards in derivatives settlement with much-reduced counterparty risk.

Nov 15, 2023

Finance

Tokenized Cash Fintech Fnality Raises $95M Led by Goldman and BNP Paribas

DTCC, Euroclear, Nomura and WisdomTree also participated in the Series B funding round.

Nov 14, 2023

Art installation reminiscent of digital ecosystems

Finance

Meet Midas: A New Yield-Bearing Stablecoin Investing in U.S. Treasuries

The proposed stablecoin, which tokenizes ownership of Treasuries, mentions BlackRock, Circle, Fireblocks and Coinfirm as "institutional partners."

Nov 10, 2023

Finance

HSBC to Offer Tokenized Securities Custody Service for Institutions

The platform, planned for 2024, complements its new offering for tokenized gold as well as one for issuing digital assets.

Nov 8, 2023

Finance

Ripple Broadens Remittances Between Africa, Gulf States, UK and Australia

At its annual conference, Ripple also announced product enhancements and license updates, including a focus on payments between enterprises and smaller businesses.

Nov 8, 2023

Finance

Crypto Broker sFOX Offers Commission-Free Blockchain Staking from Regulated Custody

“We are providing a gateway to staking without stepping in the middle or taking any revenue or profit,” founder Akbar Thobhani said.

Nov 7, 2023