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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Acala Wins First Polkadot Parachain Auction, With $1.3B in DOT Committed

Parachain auctions saw almost $3.5 billion collected by 10 hopefuls, with Acala edging out Moonbeam for the first slot.

(Sofiya Levchenko/Unsplash)

Finance

Maple Finance Launches First DeFi Syndicated Loan for Alameda Research

Think of it as an “on-chain crypto SPAC,” said founder Sid Powell.

Maple FInance

Finance

Supply Chain Meets NFTs in New Offering From Enterprise OG MultiChain

Can track-and-trace get a boost from the world of digital collectibles?

(Angel Garcia/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

‘10 Fundamental Rights’: Binance Pitches Crypto Doctrine in Face of Heightened Regulation

The crypto exchange’s top item: “Every human being should have access to financial tools, like crypto, that allow for greater economic independence.”

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (Anthony Kwan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Valkyrie to Launch $100M ‘On-Chain DeFi Fund’

The fund will get yield from lending, liquidity pools, farming and staking, said the asset manager’s director of DeFi.

"Walkyrien" (1905) by Emil Doepler (Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

BitGo Tops $64B Under Custody as COO Cassie Lentchner Takes Over as ‘Trust’ President

The surge in AUC – BitGo held $16 billion a year ago – was attributed to the stampede of institutional investors.

BitGo co-founder Mike Belshe (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Galaxy Digital Reports Q3 Earnings of $517M

Income for the fourth quarter currently stands at $400 million.

Galaxy founder Mike Novogratz (Amir Hamja/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Quant Hedge Fund Two Sigma Hiring Crypto Operations Manager

The New York-based firm is seeking someone to build out its cryptocurrency trading business, said a job posting.

Help wanted sign

Finance

Polkadot DeFi Darling Acala Has Gathered Over $600M and Counting

Acala is likely to win the first Polkadot parachain slot in the auction process beginning Thursday.

One of the options DOT holders can vote on. (Polkadot)

Finance

Ripple to Launch Liquidity Service for Six Cryptocurrencies

The “Liquidity Hub” will give customers access to BTC, ETH, LTC, ETC, BCH and XRP from a range of exchanges and OTC desks.

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