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

Oasis Protocol Adds Shyft Network in Bid to Attract Institutions to DeFi

Oasis Labs, creator of Oasis Protocol, appears to be looking to build an institution-friendly version of Ethereum's DeFi ecosystem.

Oasis

Finance

Hong Kong-Listed BC Group Raises $90M as Institutional Crypto Demand Soars in Asia

The offering represents 13% of the company's issued share capital.

Hong Kong

Finance

Argentina's Ripio Acquires Second-Largest Crypto Exchange in Brazil

Ripio has acquired BitcoinTrade in a bid to increase its footprint across the frothy Latin American crypto market.

Ripio CEO Sebastian Serrano (Ripio)

Finance

Ukraine Government Picks Stellar Development Foundation to Help Build National Digital Currency

The Stellar Development Foundation's work with Ukraine's government to digitize the hryvnia will officially launch this month.

Kyiv, Ukraine

Finance

Puerto Rico-Based FV Bank to Offer Regulated Crypto Custody in the US

FV Bank says it has received permission from a Puerto Rico banking regulator to provide custody services for bitcoin, ether and more in the U.S.

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Policy

Self-Hosted Bitcoin Wallets Become Front Line in Fight Over Crypto Regulations

The steady creep of know-your-customer (KYC) requirements over firms that touch digital assets is now at the foot of self-hosted wallets.

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Policy

Seychelles, Longtime Home of BitMEX, Is Bending to US Pressure on KYC

When it comes to island-hopping crypto exchanges with relaxed know-your-customer rules, BitMEX could be just the tip of the iceberg.

Coconut drink, Port Victoria, Seychelles

Finance

US Bitcoin Mining Firm Core Scientific to Triple Capacity With Massive 59,000-Machine Order

U.S. blockchain and AI infrastructure provider Core Scientific has expanded its fleet of state-of-the-art crypto miners to over 77,000.

Core Scientific's mining facility in Calvert City, Ky. (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

The Big Banks Positioned to Ride Bitcoin's Bull Run

Banks joined the crypto conversation as bitcoin marched to $20,000. Here's a list of recent crypto developments in the banking sector.

The New York Stock Exchange

Finance

French Fashion Brand Adds Blockchain Tracking to Clothes Made From Ocean Plastic

True Tribe is using the Ethereum-based SUKU protocol to track the provenance of clothing made from recycled ocean trash.

RECYCLE: Plastic bottles washed up on the shore of the Black Sea.