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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Standard Chartered-Backed Zodia Custody Partners with Crypto Lending Firm Maple Finance

Under the agreement, collateral pledged to Maple Finance will be securely held by Zodia Custody

Sid Powell, CEO of Maple Finance (Maple Finance)

Finance

Ethereum Builder Consensys Buys Wallet Guard to Strengthen MetaMask Security

Consensys has been active in the acquisition trail, last year buying blockchain microstructure designer Special Mechanisms Group and blockchain notifications service HAL, and wallet firm MyCrypto in 2022.

Joe Lubin, Founder and CEO of Consensys, MetaMask's developer, speaks at Consensus 2024 by CoinDesk. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk/Suzanne Cordiero)

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Worldcoin Hires Former Google, X and Apple Execs to Beef Up Privacy, Security

Tools for Humanity (TFH), a contributor to the Worldcoin project, hired four executives to advance its mission to ensure a more just economic system, the company said on Tuesday.

An inside view of the Orb, Worldcoin's custom hardware that makes cryptographic IDs based on iris scans. (Worldcoin)

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Circle obtient la première licence Stablecoin dans le cadre des nouvelles règles de Crypto MiCA de l'UE

Circle Mint France émettra le stablecoin EURC et USDC libellés en euros dans l'Union européenne conformément à MiCA.

Circle Chief Strategy Officer Dante Disparte (left) and CEO Jeremy Allaire (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Circle Snags отримав першу ліцензію на стейблкойн відповідно до нових правил ЄС MiCA Крипто

Монетний двір Circle Mint France випускатиме деноміновані в євро стейблкойни EURC і USDC у Європейському Союзі відповідно до MiCA.

Circle Chief Strategy Officer Dante Disparte (left) and CEO Jeremy Allaire (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Nakuha ng Circle ang Unang Lisensya ng Stablecoin Sa ilalim ng Bagong Mga Panuntunan sa Crypto ng MiCA ng EU

Ilalabas ng Circle Mint France ang euro-denominated EURC stablecoin at USDC sa European Union bilang pagsunod sa MiCA.

Circle Chief Strategy Officer Dante Disparte (left) and CEO Jeremy Allaire (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

Circle obtém primeira licença de Stablecoin sob as novas regras de Cripto MiCA da UE

A Circle Mint France emitirá stablecoins EURC e USDC denominados em euros na União Europeia em conformidade com MiCA.

Circle Chief Strategy Officer Dante Disparte (left) and CEO Jeremy Allaire (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

Circle Snags First Stablecoin License Under EU's New MiCA Crypto Rules

Circle Mint France will issue the euro-denominated EURC stablecoin and USDC in the European Union in compliance with MiCA.

Circle Chief Strategy Officer Dante Disparte (left) and CEO Jeremy Allaire (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

Circle ottiene la prima licenza stablecoin secondo le nuove regole MiCA Cripto dell'UE

Circle Mint France emetterà la stablecoin EURC e USDC denominata in euro nell'Unione Europea in conformità con MiCA.

Circle Chief Strategy Officer Dante Disparte (left) and CEO Jeremy Allaire (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

Circle получает первую лицензию на стейблкоин в соответствии с новыми Криптo правилами ЕС MiCA

Circle Mint France выпустит стейблкоины EURC и USDC , номинированные в евро, в Европейском Союзе в соответствии с MiCA.

Circle Chief Strategy Officer Dante Disparte (left) and CEO Jeremy Allaire (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)