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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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Latest from Ian Allison

Finance

These Two Firms Want to Upgrade Crypto Infrastructure for Banks and Exchanges

Custody tech provider METACO and forex trading platform Cobalt want to rewire the financial system to handle cryptocurrency.

Feb 2, 2021

Circuit diagram

Finance

IBM Blockchain Is a Shell of Its Former Self After Revenue Misses, Job Cuts: Sources

“There is not really going to be a blockchain team any longer,” said a person familiar with the situation.

Feb 1, 2021

IBM, 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES)

Policy

Switzerland’s Tokenized Securities Law Ushers In New Chapter for Digital Assets

Regulated crypto banks SEBA and Sygnum each issued tokenized securities to mark the occasion.

Feb 1, 2021

Lake Zurich, Switzerland

Finance

Switzerland’s Crypto Broker AG Wins Securities House License From FINMA

Banks can tick a box and start trading with us, said CEO Rupertus Rothenhaeuser.

Feb 1, 2021

Jan Brzezek, founder and CEO of Crypto Finance Group (left), and Rupertus Rothenhaeuser, CEO of Crypto Broker AG

Finance

China, Singapore Look Ahead to CBDC Future at World Economic Forum

A former deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China compared notes with the chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

Jan 28, 2021

WEF

Finance

Algorand Teams Up With Crypto Custodian Curv for ‘Trusted DeFi’

The firms aim to build technology that "appeals to traditional institutions, payment providers [and] governments."

Jan 28, 2021

Curv team

Finance

‘Pomp’ Launches Crypto Jobs Board With Gemini, Coinbase and BlockFi

Morgan Creek’s Anthony Pompliano aims to list 10,000 openings by the end of the year.

Jan 27, 2021

Anthony Pompliano, Pomp, Morgan Creek

Finance

EY’s Paul Brody Expects Consumer DeFi Ignition in 2021

Welcome to the world of boomer DeFi.

Jan 27, 2021

EY blockchain lead Paul Brody

Finance

Harvard, Yale, Brown Endowments Have Been Buying Bitcoin for at Least a Year: Sources

University endowments that backed blockchain VCs in 2018 have started buying crypto directly from Coinbase.

Jan 25, 2021

Yale University

Finance

Ethereum-Based ConsenSys Quorum Partners With China’s BSN Blockchain

The first partnership for Quorum since leaving JPMorgan is a big one.

Jan 25, 2021

dragon, light
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