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

Fireblocks Sees $500M Stampede Into Terra DeFi in First Week

Pent-up demand for Terra’s ecosystem among Fireblocks’ early access program hedge funds and wealthy investors has been “crazy.”

Fireblocks CEO Michael Shaulov (Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

These ‘Utility NFTs’ Look to Gamify Rainforest Protection

The AEternals NFT project offers a crypto-native way to protect plots of land in the Amazon rainforest.

(Vlad Hilitanu/Unsplash)

Finance

Solana-Based Climate Change Project Employs ‘NFTrees’ to Save Rainforests

GainForest combines satellite imagery with data science in a bid to incentivize landowners away from cutting down trees.

From left to right: Osvaldo Resquin, Elizabeth Martínez, Silvino Gonzalez, David Dao, Lucas Czech, Antonella Piacentini and Guadalupe and Elí León. (GainForest)

Tech

Smart Offsets: Algorand Ups Sustainability Pledge With Self-Executing Code

The smart contract–based commitment to sustainability coincides with Earth Day, which is Friday.

A rendering of Algorand's Times Square activation. (Algorand Foundation)

Tech

Ethereum DeFi Staple MakerDAO Adds StarkNet Bridge in First Step Toward Multi-Chain

Rebuilding Maker on StarkNet involves four phases, starting with a simple bridge that goes live on April 28.

A still from a video explaining how MakerDAO works. (Brady Dale/CoinDesk)

Finance

Tether’s USDT Stablecoin Enters Polkadot Ecosystem With Kusama Launch

Kusama becomes the tenth blockchain to support USDT, which already has more than $80 billion in circulation.

An installation in Berlin, Germany, by the polkadot-inspired artist Yayoi Kusama, after whom the Polkadot blockchain's canary network is named. (Adam Berry/Getty Images)

Finance

Fireblocks and Fintech Major FIS Bring DeFi to Capital Markets

FIS’s client list of 6,400 asset managers, banks and brokers will have access to platforms like Aave Arc with more institution-friendly DeFi pathways to come.

Fireblocks CEO Michael Shaulov (Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Avalanche-Based Blockbuster Game Shrapnel Completes $7M Token Sale

Games studio Neon has raised $17.5 million so far to bring Shrapnel to Avalanche.

An image from game studio Neon’s Shrapnel. (Neon)

Finance

XRP Army Drives Bumper Sales in Ripple Stock Despite SEC Probe

Since launching two years ago, tech equity platform Linqto has sold $50 million in private shares of Ripple Labs.

(Mark Peterson/Corbis via Getty Images)

Finance

ConsenSys Settles Lawsuit With Former Venture Capital Chief Kavita Gupta

The ugly spat involved a pair of dueling lawsuits.

The main entrance of ConsenSys's Brooklyn, N.Y., headquarters as seen in 2018. (Holly Pickett/Bloomberg via Getty Images)