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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

Ocean v3 Brings Wave of Data Monetization Tools to Ethereum

A third version of Ocean Protocol has been released, fleshing out its vision for “datatokens” and decentralized data marketplaces.

Oct 27, 2020

Ocean, Surfers, Waves

Finance

PayPal-Backed Blockchain Analytics Firm Hires Former US Treasury Adviser

TRM Labs, a blockchain analytics firm with backing from PayPal, is adding Ari Redbord as its head of legal and government affairs.

Oct 26, 2020

TRM Labs' Ari Redbord

Finance

IBM-R3 Pact Shows Tech Trumps Tribe in Enterprise Blockchain

A new collaboration this week between R3 and IBM is raising eyebrows in the world of enterprise blockchain.

Oct 23, 2020

R3 CEO David Rutter speaks at Consensus 2017

Finance

Baby Steps or Handcuffs? Crypto Pros Assess PayPal’s Bitcoin Play

Fintech giant PayPal confirmed its move into crypto Wednesday. Is its no-withdrawals bitcoin service too restrictive or mainstream-friendly?

Oct 21, 2020

Smartphone Apps

Finance

Privacy Coin Zcash Makes Its Ethereum ‘Wrapped’ Debut With Tokensoft and Anchorage

WZEC is the first asset to be launched by “Wrapped,” a partnership between Ethereum tokenizers Tokensoft and qualified custodian Anchorage.

Oct 21, 2020

Tokensoft CEO Mason Borda

Policy

PayPal Embraces Crypto, Igniting Market as Mainstream Adoption Inches Closer

PayPal officially confirmed Wednesday it is entering the cryptocurrency market. The payments giant, with 346 million active accounts around the world, pledged to make crypto “a funding source for purchases at its 26 million merchants worldwide.”

Oct 21, 2020

PayPal

Finance

Binance-Backed Privacy Mavens Release Tokenomic Lynchpin: 'Proof-of-Relay'

Rewards gathered on the testnet will be made available when HOPR tokens launch on the live mainnet later this year.

Oct 20, 2020

HOPR's founding team: Robert Kiel, Sebastian Bürgel and Rik Krieger.

Finance

R3 Corda Network Set to Go DeFi With XDC Digital Currency

A group of former bankers building on R3’s public Corda Network is touting the first digital currency for that ecosystem, dubbed XDC.

Oct 20, 2020

Corda Network is the public offshoot of R3's enterprise blockchain efforts.

Finance

Block.one Debuts Big-Business Version of EOSIO Blockchain

Block.one has released “EOSIO for Business,” an enterprise-focused version of its software.

Oct 15, 2020

Block.one CEO Brendan Blumer

Finance

Breitling Goes Live With Ethereum-Based System to Put All New Watches on the Blockchain

Breitling is the first luxury watchmaker to offer an Ethereum-based digital passport for all its new timepieces.

Oct 15, 2020

Breitling watch
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