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

Nomura-Backed Komainu to Offer Segregated Crypto Collateral Product for Institutions

Komainu Connect will let clients deploy digital assets in collateralization scenarios, while they remain in segregated custody and verifiable on chain.

Statue of Komainu, the lion-dog (Shutterstock)

Policy

Crypto Exchange Kraken Commits to Tougher Rules Required by Canada

Kraken has filed pre-registration paperwork with the Ontario Securities Commission as it works towards becoming a registered Restricted Dealer in Canada.

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Finance

Coinbase Aims to Stay in Canada; Binance Could Be Poised to Exit Amid Regulatory Shakeup

The moves come as the country tightens rules for cryptocurrency exchanges.

Coinbase's Base blockchain has gone live (Chesnot/Getty Images)

Finance

Eversheds Sutherland Files for Property Rights Over FTX.com Customer Assets

Lawyers want the court to ring-fence FTX assets frozen in the accounts of non-U.S. customers.

Eversheds Sutherland attorneys Erin Broderick (left) and Sarah Paul (Eversheds Sutherland)

Finance

Copper to Lay Off Up to 15% of Staff, Focus on Crypto Custody, Settlement

The process is just getting under way and the company, which employs about 300, said it cannot put an exact number on job losses.

Copper CEO Dmitry Tokarev (Copper)

Finance

Web3 Investor Paradigm’s VP of Engineering Tal Broda Exits

The executive, who joined Paradigm a year ago from Citadel Securities, said he will pursue opportunities closer to his prior experience.

Paradigm co-founder Fred Ehrsam speaks at Token Summit II. (Credit: Brady Dale for CoinDesk)

Finance

Ethereum-Based Carbon Tracker Carbonable Raises $1.2M to Tackle Greenwashing

Carbonable was launched on Ethereum layer 2 scaling system StarkNet, whose parent company Starkware is also an investor.

Carbonable co-founders Guillaume Leti (left) and Ramzi Laieb (Carbonable)

Finance

Banking Giant State Street Cuts Ties With Crypto Custody Firm Copper

State Street and Copper have mutually decided to end their licensing agreement, a spokesman for the bank said.

State Street building in London (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Custody Firm Copper Shelves Enterprise Business: Source

Focusing on Copper’s Clear Loop custody and settlement business made more economic sense going forward.

A Copper-branded keychain. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

DeFi-Focused Asset Manager MEV Capital Offers Uniswap Hedging Strategy

The firm uses options contracts issued by crypto derivatives specialist OrBit Markets to hedge liquidity providers’ positions.

MEV Capital Chief Investment Officer Laurent Bourquin (MEV Capital)