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 Starts Trading Crypto Derivatives, Joining Rivals Goldman, JPMorgan

Nomura carried out bitcoin futures and options trades with derivatives exchange CME Group and crypto market maker Cumberland DRW.

Nomura. (charnsitr/Shutterstock)

Finance

Teller Finance Diversifying DeFi With Travel Insurance

The firm's CreditFi platform lets USDC holders earn yield by lending capital to Koala Insurance.

Travel insurance meets DeFi. (Nicole Geri/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Fund Arca Doubled Down on UST Amid Stablecoin’s Collapse

“UST will ultimately maintain its peg,” the hedge fund told partners Tuesday in a note obtained by CoinDesk.

Rayne Steinberg at Invest: NYC 2019 via CoinDesk archives

Finance

Lloyd’s-Licensed Broker Launches Crypto Insurance Product

The Daylight insurance offering for crypto firms begins with technology liability and cyber insurance.

Superscript's Ben Davis (left) and Dan Ross. (Superscript)

Finance

Arianee Raises $21M to Bring Luxury NFTs to the Metaverse

The “utility NFT” pioneer is working with The Sandbox following a hefty Series A.

Panerai is an Arianee customer. (Craig Barritt/Getty Images for Panerai)

Finance

Gaming Content Firm Holodeck Merges With Crypto Specialist Arslanian Media

Holodeck Media creates the “Business of Esports” podcast; Arslanian Media is behind the “Future of Money.”

(Marvin Meyer/Unsplash)

Finance

Bitcoin Brink’s: ​​Storied Security Firm Protects Crypto Wallets Now

Brink’s is working with Swiss crypto custody firm Metaco to facilitate the distributed storage of disaster recovery backups.

Brink's security guards (Getty Images)

Finance

LGT, World’s Largest Family-Owned Private Bank, to Offer Crypto

LGT Bank, the financial institution owned by the princely House of Liechtenstein, is working with Switzerland’s SEBA Bank on the service.

Vaduz Castle, home of the prince of  Liechtenstein (Leonhard Niederwimmer/Pixabay)

Finance

OpenSea and Circle Back $6M Raise for DAO Platform Syndicate

Nearly 1,200 investment clubs have launched on Syndicate since the platform went live at the end of January.

An illustration of Syndicate's early backers (Syndicate)

Finance

Ledn Taps Hoseki for Bitcoin Proof-of-Asset Service Ahead of Mortgage Launch

Hoseki aims to provide a framework for bitcoin holders looking to leverage their BTC.

(Tierra Mallorca/Unsplash)