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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Policy

Silvergate Closes SEN Platform Institutions Used to Move Money to Crypto Exchanges

Crypto bank warned this week about its ability to remain in business.

Silvergate CEO Alan Lane (Silvergate)

Finance

Xapo Bank Integrates Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, Partners with Lightspark

Crypto pioneer Xapo has quietly assembled interest-bearing, deposit-guaranteed USD bank accounts with a view to providing alternative financial services in emerging market countries.

(Xapo)

Finance

Crypto Bank Charter Firm Protego Trust Lays Off Most of Its Workforce: Source

Some employees are still in place and the firm’s operations are ready to launch, but money is a problem, said a person familiar with the situation.

Ron Totaro, CEO de Protego Trust Bank. (Protego Bank)

Finance

Fixed Income DeFi Platform Term Finance Readies for Business

Term Labs, the platform's builder, raised a $2.5 million seed round led by Electric Capital with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Circle Ventures and others.

Dion Chu, founder and CEO (Term Labs)

Finance

Institutional DeFi Startup Hashnote Is First to Emerge From Incubator Cumberland Labs

The regulated DeFi asset manager was launched with a $5 million investment from the Web3 incubator.

Leo Mizuhara, CEO and founder; Tama Churchouse, head of strategy (Hashnote)

Finance

Crypto Custodian Finoa Gets License Approvals From German Regulator BaFin

The Berlin-based firm also closed a strategic venture round led by Middlegame Ventures.

Finoa founders Chris May (left) and Henrik Gebbing (Finoa)

Finance

Crypto Conglomerate Digital Currency Group Reports Loss of $1.1B in ‘Challenging’ 2022

DCG held cash and cash equivalents of just $262 million at the end of 2022, while investment assets amounted to $670 million.

Barry Silbert. CEO & Founder Digital Currency Group (DCG)

Finance

ConsenSys Acquires Easy-to-Use Blockchain Notification Tool 'Hal' to Strengthen Web3 Development

The deal, financial terms of which were not made public, will bring 10 Hal employees to the developer.

(bogdanhoda/Shutterstock)

Policy

Canada Close to Tightening Rules for Crypto Exchanges: Sources

The changes will ensure it’s simply too expensive to do business in Canada, said one person familiar with the plans.

(British Library/Unplash)

Finance

Institutional Crypto Trading Platform Elwood Technologies Expands Offerings

The London-based company is aiming to provide clients with tools that "uphold the standards set by traditional asset classes," CEO James Stickland said.

The GBTC discount widens to a new record high. (m./Unsplash)