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

Amazon Looks to Hire Blockchain Staffers With Experience of DeFi

“Experience in Decentralized Finance a plus,” the ad says.

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Finance

CoinShares Issues Three Crypto ETNs on Deutsche Boerse

The three CoinShares ETNs are tracking bitcoin, ethereum and litecoin.

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Finance

Remember JPM Coin? Next Step Is Programmable Money, Bank Exec Says

The global bank is also “keeping a very close eye” on DeFi, says Umar Farooq, head of JPMorgan’s Onyx blockchain team.

Umar Farooq, JPMorgan's blockchain chief

Policy

Ghana at 'Advanced Stages' With Digital Cedi, Central Bank Governor Says

Bank of Ghana Gov. Ernest Addison also warned against “unregulated” cryptocurrencies.

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Tech

IOTA Takes a Step Closer to Decentralization With 2.0 DevNet

The IoT-focused network is gradually looking to remove its central Coordinator role.

IOTA uses the 'Tangle'

Finance

DeFi Risk Assessor Sherlock Raises $1.5M in Pre-Seed Funding

The fundraising was led by IDEO CoLab Ventures, with participation from A.Capital Ventures, Scalar Capital and DeFi Alliance.

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Finance

Canaan Forecasts Second-Quarter Revenue as High as $250M

The mining equipment maker said total shipments for the second quarter would either maintain or surpass Q1 2021.

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Finance

Overstock’s tZERO Is Looking for a Buyer

The company is exploring a number of options, including a SPAC merger, said tZERO VP of Investor Relations Michael Mougias.

An Overstock.com Fulfillment Center Ahead Of Wholesale Inventories

Policy

Compliance Exec: Crypto Too Slow to Adopt Anti-Laundering Rules Ahead of FATF Review

Compounding matters, “each country is kind of doing its own thing, which makes compliance actually very difficult for us,” says Malcolm Wright.

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Finance

Binance Smart Chain Adds CipherTrace for Tracking Illicit Transactions

The move could open the door to more FATF-friendly DeFi in the BSC ecosystem.

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