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

Binance's CZ Is Looking for His Replacement as Exchange Gets Regulatory House in Order

“We are looking for someone with a strong regulatory background to step in and be CEO,” Changpeng Zhao said at a press conference Tuesday.

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Finance

DeFi Insurance Platform Tidal Finance Goes Live on Polygon

Launch partners include StaFi, Xend Finance, Marlin, EasyFi and bZx.

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Crypto Custody Firm Fireblocks Raises $310M at $2B Valuation

“It was very important for us to show the customers that we have the balance sheet and valuation to stay independent.”

Fireblocks co-founders (left to right) Idan Ofrat, Michael Shaulov, Pavel Berengoltz

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Amazon Is Looking to Hire a Digital Currency Lead

The successful candidate will have expertise in cryptocurrency and central bank digital currencies, according to the job posting.

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Finance

VCs Pumped $4B Into Crypto Firms in Q2: CB Insights

It was a record sum for the sector, headlined by Circle, Ledger, Paxos and more.

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Magic Numbers: Ethereum-Based Authentication Platform Raises $27M

In the last year Magic use has shifted from regular internet users to mostly Web 3 applications, said CEO Sean Li.

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Tech

Avalanche to Include Data From Chainlink

More than 225 projects building on Avalanche are waiting for price feeds, said Ava Labs President John Wu.

Avalanche founder Emin Gun Sirer speaks at Token Summit 2018.

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Crypto-Friendly Investment Search Engine Vincent Raises $6M

June saw a downtick for crypto plays on the platform but the risk-tolerant are still seeking out the sector, said Vincent CEO Slava Rubin.

Vincent founder Slava Rubin.

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Rolexes in DeFi? NFT Marketplace 4K Raises $3M to Combine NFTs and Luxury Goods

4K aims to bring NFTs of vault-stored valuables into the world of decentralized finance.

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Blockchain Security Firm CertiK Raises $37M in Series B Fundraising

The round was co-led by Coatue Management and Shunwei Capital, with participation from Coinbase Ventures.

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