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

Arianee Raises $21M to Bring Luxury NFTs to the Metaverse

The “utility NFT” pioneer is working with The Sandbox following a hefty Series A.

Panerai is an Arianee customer. (Craig Barritt/Getty Images for Panerai)

Finance

Gaming Content Firm Holodeck Merges With Crypto Specialist Arslanian Media

Holodeck Media creates the “Business of Esports” podcast; Arslanian Media is behind the “Future of Money.”

(Marvin Meyer/Unsplash)

Finance

Bitcoin Brink’s: ​​Storied Security Firm Protects Crypto Wallets Now

Brink’s is working with Swiss crypto custody firm Metaco to facilitate the distributed storage of disaster recovery backups.

Brink's security guards (Getty Images)

Finance

LGT, World’s Largest Family-Owned Private Bank, to Offer Crypto

LGT Bank, the financial institution owned by the princely House of Liechtenstein, is working with Switzerland’s SEBA Bank on the service.

Vaduz Castle, home of the prince of  Liechtenstein (Leonhard Niederwimmer/Pixabay)

Finance

OpenSea and Circle Back $6M Raise for DAO Platform Syndicate

Nearly 1,200 investment clubs have launched on Syndicate since the platform went live at the end of January.

An illustration of Syndicate's early backers (Syndicate)

Finance

Ledn Taps Hoseki for Bitcoin Proof-of-Asset Service Ahead of Mortgage Launch

Hoseki aims to provide a framework for bitcoin holders looking to leverage their BTC.

(Tierra Mallorca/Unsplash)

Finance

Fireblocks Sees $500M Stampede Into Terra DeFi in First Week

Pent-up demand for Terra’s ecosystem among Fireblocks’ early access program hedge funds and wealthy investors has been “crazy.”

Fireblocks CEO Michael Shaulov (Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

These ‘Utility NFTs’ Look to Gamify Rainforest Protection

The AEternals NFT project offers a crypto-native way to protect plots of land in the Amazon rainforest.

(Vlad Hilitanu/Unsplash)

Finance

Solana-Based Climate Change Project Employs ‘NFTrees’ to Save Rainforests

GainForest combines satellite imagery with data science in a bid to incentivize landowners away from cutting down trees.

From left to right: Osvaldo Resquin, Elizabeth Martínez, Silvino Gonzalez, David Dao, Lucas Czech, Antonella Piacentini and Guadalupe and Elí León. (GainForest)

Tech

Smart Offsets: Algorand Ups Sustainability Pledge With Self-Executing Code

The smart contract–based commitment to sustainability coincides with Earth Day, which is Friday.

A rendering of Algorand's Times Square activation. (Algorand Foundation)