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

Sam Altman’s World Network in Talks With Visa for Stablecoin Payments Wallet: Source

The move will make World Wallet into a "mini bank account" for anyone who wants it, according to a person familiar with the plans.

The worldcoin orb. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Former Bittrex Execs Raise $40M in Bitcoin to Back Barbados-Licensed Insurance Firm

Barbados-regulated Tabit Insurance raised a $40 million insurance facility funded entirely by bitcoin (BTC).

Palm trees on a beach with the sun setting in the background.

Finance

Blockdaemon Acquires DeFi Connectivity Firm Expand to Bring Institutions to Web3

expand.network provides API access to DeFi, enabling connections to over 170 endpoints, including DEXs, bridges, lending protocols and oracles.

CEO Konstantin Richter (Blockdaemon)

Finance

Industrial Tech Giant Siemens Adopts IoT Blockchains From Minima

Minima’s IoT-focused blockchains will be embedded into Siemens’ devices across the automotive, robotics and energy sectors.

Headshot of Minima CEO Hugo Feiler

Finance

Xapo Bank Offers Bitcoin-Backed Loans Giving Access to $1M in Cash Without Selling BTC

The product is designed for long term holders of bitcoin who might be looking for a loan to buy or upgrade a property, or buy a new car, Xapo said.

Xapo CEO Seamus Rocca (Xapo)

Finance

Tokenization Specialists Securitize and Ethena Unveil Institutional DeFi Blockchain

The Converge blockchain is Ethereum compatible and designed to bring DeFi to tokenized real world assets.

Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo (left) and Ethena founder Guy Young (Securitize)

Finance

U.S. Residents Missed as Much as $2.6B in Potential Revenue From Geoblocked Airdrops

The U.S. government lost as much as $1.4 billion in potential tax revenue, a report from Dragonfly found.

Chart showing range of airdrop values, U.S. residents' shares.

Finance

Crypto Asset Manager Bitwise Deploys on DeFi Platform With Maple Finance Partnership

Crypto asset manager and ETF provider Bitwise has made its first allocation into decentralized finance (DeFi) through a partnership with on-chain credit specialist Maple Finance.

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan (Suzanne Cordiero/CoinDesk/Shutterstock)

Finance

Fireblocks Unveils Cyber Security Tools to Help Crypto Handlers Meet Europe’s DORA Rules

Fireblocks’ Cyber and Operational Resilience Compliance Package is designed to help financial institutions and crypto asset services firms.

(Adam Levine/CoinDesk)

Finance

Trading Titan Jump Is Regrouping Its U.S. Crypto Efforts, Insiders Say

After a digital assets pullback in the U.S. over the past two years, Jump is accelerating crypto trading globally and bumping up headcount, people familiar with the matter said.

Jump is regrouping its crypto efforts in U.S. as Trump eases regulations. (amriphoto, Getty Images)