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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Crypto Custody Firm Anchorage Raises $350M Funding at $3B Valuation

The Series D funding round was led by global investment firm KKR and included Goldman Sachs, Alameda Research and Andreessen Horowitz.

Dec 15, 2021

Anchorage co-founders Diogo Monica and Nathan McCauley (Anchorage)

AccuWeather Taps Chainlink to Explore Crop Insurance and More

Crop insurance in underserved countries is a big use case, said AccuWeather’s Matt Vitebsky.

Dec 14, 2021

A Formula One team's computer screens displaying weather radar readings at the 2010 Japanese Grand Prix, Suzuka, Japan, on Oct. 9, 2010. (Photo by Darren Heath/Getty Images)

Institutional Bitcoin Broker NYDIG Valued at $7B in Whopping $1B Funding Round

WestCap is leading what appears to be the largest funding round in crypto history.

Dec 14, 2021

(Cheyenne Ligon/CoinDesk)

Avalanche Adds USDC Stablecoin in Continued DeFi Push

The speedy Ethereum rival hopes native USDC will be a boon to users.

Dec 14, 2021

Avalanche Blockchain 'Bug' Wreaks Havoc on Digital Transactions

Wells Fargo, HSBC to Settle Forex Transactions Using Blockchain

The banking giants will use a blockchain product to settle U.S. dollar, Canadian dollar, pound and euro transactions.

Dec 13, 2021

Wells Fargo (Shutterstock)

Router Protocol Raises $4.1M to Bridge EVM and Non-EVM Chains

“The need of the hour is the ability for these to talk to each other,” said CEO Ramani Ramachandran.

Dec 10, 2021

(Tien Vu Ngoc/Unsplash)

Coinbase Offers Access to DeFi Yields With DAI and Compound

More assets and other DeFi protocols will follow, Coinbase said in a blog post.

Dec 9, 2021

Slingshot Raises $15M in Funding Round Led by Ribbit Capital

The DeFi trading platform has now raised $18.1 million in two rounds.

Dec 9, 2021

(Sirachai Arunrugstichai/Getty Images)

Bitcoin Adoption Among Far-Right Extremists Leaves Its Mark on the Blockchain

Blockchain sleuthing firm Elliptic has been tracking numerical hate signals left by alt-right groups.

Dec 8, 2021

Elliptic has mapped bitcoin transactions with the "1448" hallmarks of alt-right hate groups. (Elliptic)

‘DeFi 2.0’ Platform JellyFi Raises $4.4M Seed Round

Over-collateralized lending reigns supreme in DeFi. JellyFi wants to change that.

Dec 8, 2021

(Jose G. Ortega Castro/Unsplash)