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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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Latest from Ian Allison

Finance

Coinbase Is Adding DeFi Apps Uniswap and Aave to Its Base Blockchain: Source

A person familiar with the process said Uniswap would probably appear on Base in a couple of months.

Mar 14, 2023

Base booth at ETHDenver (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Payments Specialist Stellar Bridges Fiat and Stablecoins to Polkadot

The Spacewalk bridge built by recent parachain winner Pendulum is focused on connecting DeFi to forex markets.

Mar 13, 2023

(Shutterstock)

Finance

JPMorgan Is Cutting Ties With Crypto Exchange Gemini: Source

Coinbase said its banking relationship with JPMorgan remains intact.

Mar 8, 2023

Gemini co-owners Tyler (left) and Cameron Winklevoss (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Finance

Crypto Banking Firm BCB Prepares U.S. Dollar Payments to Plug Silvergate Gap

BCB Group CEO Oliver von Landsberg-Sadie said he hopes to have dollar fiat-to-crypto rails in place and ready to go live early in the second quarter.

Mar 6, 2023

BCB Group founder and CEO Oliver von Landsberg-Sadie (BCB Group)

Policy

Silvergate Closes SEN Platform Institutions Used to Move Money to Crypto Exchanges

Crypto bank warned this week about its ability to remain in business.

Mar 3, 2023

Silvergate CEO Alan Lane (Silvergate)

Finance

Xapo Bank Integrates Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, Partners with Lightspark

Crypto pioneer Xapo has quietly assembled interest-bearing, deposit-guaranteed USD bank accounts with a view to providing alternative financial services in emerging market countries.

Mar 2, 2023

(Xapo)

Finance

Crypto Bank Charter Firm Protego Trust Lays Off Most of Its Workforce: Source

Some employees are still in place and the firm’s operations are ready to launch, but money is a problem, said a person familiar with the situation.

Mar 1, 2023

Ron Totaro, CEO de Protego Trust Bank. (Protego Bank)

Finance

Fixed Income DeFi Platform Term Finance Readies for Business

Term Labs, the platform's builder, raised a $2.5 million seed round led by Electric Capital with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Circle Ventures and others.

Feb 28, 2023

Dion Chu, founder and CEO (Term Labs)

Finance

Institutional DeFi Startup Hashnote Is First to Emerge From Incubator Cumberland Labs

The regulated DeFi asset manager was launched with a $5 million investment from the Web3 incubator.

Feb 28, 2023

Leo Mizuhara, CEO and founder; Tama Churchouse, head of strategy (Hashnote)

Finance

Crypto Custodian Finoa Gets License Approvals From German Regulator BaFin

The Berlin-based firm also closed a strategic venture round led by Middlegame Ventures.

Feb 28, 2023

Finoa founders Chris May (left) and Henrik Gebbing (Finoa)
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