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.

Latest from Ian Allison

Finance

Microsoft Is Using Blockchain to Help Firms Trust AI

Microsoft is pitching blockchain technology as a way to make artificial intelligence less scary for its corporate customers.

Dec 6, 2019

Original prop of the HAL 9000 from "2001 A Space Odyssey," image via Shutterstock

Finance

State Street Slashes DLT Developer Team as Bank Rethinks Blockchain Strategy

State Street Bank has cut over 100 blockchain developer jobs as part of a pivot from transforming its plumbing with DLT to supporting digital assets.

Dec 3, 2019

Finance

Correction: Coinbase and Tagomi Deny Acquisition

A prior report that Tagomi had been acquired by Coinbase was incorrect, according to spokespeople at both companies.

Nov 29, 2019

Finance

Tokenized Real Estate Falters as Another Hyped Deal Falls Apart

A high-profile venture between startups Fluidity and Propellr was quietly shelved this summer, underscoring the hurdles real estate tokenization faces.

Nov 26, 2019

"Old and New New York" by Alfred Stieglitz, 1910, image via Wikimedia Commons

Finance

JPMorgan Tests Private Blockchain to Track Auto Dealer Inventory

JPMorgan Chase has filed a patent and is testing a blockchain system for tracking the automobile inventory it finances for car dealers.

Nov 22, 2019

Finance

XRP Is Used in Crime, But Far Less Often Than Bitcoin, Elliptic Says

Criminals have used XRP to carry out their illicit activities, though hardly to the same degree as bitcoin, according to a new report from blockchain sleuthing firm Elliptic.

Nov 20, 2019

Markets

Wyoming's New Crypto Banking Law Could Defang New York's BitLicense

There may be a way for cryptocurrency businesses to get around New York's notoriously hard-to-get BitLicense, and it runs through Wyoming.

Nov 14, 2019

Markets

Ledger's Vault Scores $150 Million in Crypto Insurance From Lloyd's Syndicate

The move is another sign that the insurance industry is gradually becoming comfortable writing coverage for digital assets.

Nov 14, 2019

Markets

Samsung SDS Beefs Up Privacy on Its Business-Grade Blockchain

Samsung SDS, the enterprise tech arm of the South Korean behemoth, is enhancing privacy on its Nexledger blockchain with zero-knowledge proofs.

Nov 14, 2019

Markets

Crypto Exchange CEX.io Boosts US Push With Silvergate’s Payment Network

U.K.-based crypto exchange CEX.io says it's joined the Silvergate Exchange Network, the payment rail of the go-to bank for crypto in the U.S..

Nov 7, 2019

Image of Alex Kravets, CEO of CEX.io's U.S. subsidiary via CEX.io