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

Customers Bank Veers Into Crypto With Transfer Token, $1.5B in Crypto-Related Deposits

The Pennsylvania-based bank, 0.52% the size of JPMorgan, is making a a big play for business clients from the crypto sector.

(Old Money/Unsplash)

Tech

Decentralized Identity Startup Spruce Raises $7.5M

Ethereal Ventures and Electric Capital led the round, with Alameda Research, Coinbase Ventures and Protocol Labs joining in.

(Markus Spiske/Unsplash)

Finance

Amazon Web Services Looks to Drive Crypto Settlement and Custody to the Cloud

The right candidate will transform the way firms transact in crypto, stablecoins, CBDCs and NFTs, said an AWS job post.

(Getty Images)

Finance

XRP Gets Wrapped by Tokensoft for Ethereum DeFi Debut

Tokensoft’s Wrapped is now taking a multi-custodial approach, having partnered with Hex Trust on wXRP.

Wrapped assets can live away from their native blockchains. (Kari Shea/Unsplash)

Policy

FATF Crypto Guidance Looks to Bring Industry in Line With Banks

The message from the regulator is countries have to implement these standards now.

(Hervé Cortinat/OECD, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Custody Firm Ledger Expands Institutional Footprint in Switzerland and UK

The rebranded Ledger Enterprise Solutions is opening offices in Zurich, Geneva and London.

Ledger CEO Pascal Gauthier (Anthony Kwan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Crypto Bank Anchorage to Command $2B+ Valuation in New Funding Round, Sources Say

The custody firm raised an $80 million Series C in February but did not disclose its valuation at the time.

Anchorage CEO: Regulation Is 'Fundamentally Bullish' for Crypto Space

Finance

UK Regtech Firm ComplyAdvantage Adds Elliptic to Its Crypto Compliance Suite

ComplyAdvantage is already working with crypto firms like Paxos and Gemini, but mainly on the fiat AML side of things.

London's financial district (Ergin Yıldızoglu/Unsplash)

Finance

Walmart Has Quietly Begun Hosting Bitcoin ATMs

The retail giant is offering bitcoin through 200 of its Coinstar kiosks in a tie-up with crypto ATM firm Coinme. We made sure it’s real.

One of the bitcoin-enabled Coinstar kiosks at a Walmart in Warminster, Pa. (Kevin Reynolds/CoinDesk)

Policy

FATF Will Finally Publish Crypto Anti-Money Laundering Guidance Next Week

President Marcus Pleyer said the watchdog now expects countries to implement its “Travel Rule” guidance as soon as possible.

FATF meeting.