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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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Finance

Stellar Sees $3B of Real World Assets Coming On-Chain in 2025

The Stellar blockchain has made new partnerships with Paxos, Ondo, Etherfuse and SG Forge.

Apr 17, 2025

Stellar Development Foundation CEO Denelle Dixon

Finance

Tether, Circle to Face Intense Competition as TradFi Enters the Arena, Fireblocks Says

Ran Goldi, SVP of payments at Fireblocks, reviews the strategic moves as stablecoin issuers look to corner the market.

Apr 15, 2025

Fireblocks sign at Miami airport during Bitcoin Miami conference 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tech

MIT-Incubated Optimum Raises $11M Seed Round to Build Web3's Missing Memory Layer

The seed round was led by 1kx and included Robot Ventures, Finality Capital, Spartan and more.

Apr 15, 2025

MIT Professor Muriel Médard sitting at a table in front of a diagram-covered whiteboard (Optimum)

Finance

Visa Is Joining the Paxos, Robinhood Stablecoin Consortium: Sources

Paxos’ Global Dollar Network (USDG) also includes Kraken, Galaxy Digital, Anchorage Digital, Bullish (the owner of CoinDesk) and Nuvei.

Apr 14, 2025

Casa central de Visa en Foster City, California. (Wonderlane/Creative Commons)

Finance

Creators of DeFi Firm Aave Launch Social Media Developer Network Lens Chain

Lens Chain mainnet goes live using an inexpensive Ethereum overlay blockchain designed for building decentralized social media applications.

Apr 4, 2025

Stani Kulechov, founder and CEO of Aave, speaks at Consensus 2019.

Finance

Creators of DeFi Firm Aave Simplify Its Family Self Custody Wallet

Avara, the parent company of Aave, is allowing users of its Family Wallet to onboard with email or SMS, rather than messing around with seed phrases.

Apr 2, 2025

Stani Kulechov, Lens founder, at Consensus 2019 (CoinDesk archive)

Finance

BlockFi Appeals to Creditors to Come Forward and Claim Bankruptcy Distributions

With a May 15 deadline looming, just 43% of non-U.S. customers have claimed their distributions.

Apr 2, 2025

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Finance

OKX Chief Legal Officer Mauricio Beugelmans Leaves the Exchange

According to Beugelmans’ Linkedin profile, he spent three years and eight months at the exchange.

Mar 31, 2025

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Finance

Crypto Card Firm Baanx Partners With Circle for Rewards Wallet

The Rewards Wallet, built using programmable wallet infrastructure from Circle, allows crypto holders access to cashback, fee discounts, and other subscription perks.

Mar 28, 2025

Group photo of the Baanx team

Finance

LatAm Exchange TruBit Taps Crypto Lending Platform Morpho for DeFi Earn Offering

A better user experience can be created by having fintech at the front and DeFi at the back, also known as a “DeFi mullet.”

Mar 26, 2025

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