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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ConsenSys Holds Funding Round Talks With $3B Valuation

The Ethereum software company raised $65 million in April from financial giants such as JPMorgan Chase and Mastercard.

Oct 11, 2021

ConsenSys founder Joseph Lubin

Regulatory Uncertainty a Recurring Theme at London’s Token2049

The crypto community needs to do a better job of lobbying and educating politicians, said Galaxy Digital chief Mike Novogratz.

Oct 7, 2021

Left to right: Element Finance founder Will Villanueva, Synthetix founder Kain Warwick, Aave founder Stani Kulechov and Gauntlet founder Tarun Chitra speak at 2021's Token2049 event in London. (Ian Allison/CoinDesk archives)

MoneyGram Partners With Stellar and USDC for Blockchain-Based Payments

The firms will begin a pilot this year followed by a gradual rollout in early 2022.

Oct 6, 2021

MoneyGram money transfer kiosk in a retail setting, San Ramon, California, March 26, 2019. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

DeFi Custodian Trustology Gets Green Light From UK’s FCA

The march toward institution-friendly DeFi continues.

Oct 5, 2021

The offices of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in London. (Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Credit Suisse Creates Ethereum-Based Shares in Swiss Resort

The bank is working with Swiss crypto custody and trading platform Taurus on the project.

Oct 5, 2021

Swiss Alps (Piotr Guzik/Unsplash)

R3, Once Banking’s Blockchain Bet, Is Spinning Up a DeFi Token

As DeFi looks to compliance, “enterprise blockchain” sees an opportunity.

Sep 29, 2021

Switzerland’s SEBA Bank Snags First FINMA License for Liquid Crypto Funds

Easy in, easy out. SEBA Bank CEO Guido Buehler thinks the license will attract more investment.

Sep 29, 2021

Zurich, Switzerland (Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Revolut to Launch Crypto Token: Sources

The timing is subject to approval from U.K. regulators, according to one of the sources.

Sep 28, 2021

Revolut CEO Nikolay Storonsky (Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Andreessen Horowitz Leads $5M Bet on Euro Stablecoin Startup Angle

Angle is looking to quell the dollar’s dominance in the stablecoin market.

Sep 28, 2021

(Jeremy Bezanger/Unsplash)

Social Token Site Roll Gets Boost With $10M Series A Led by IOSG Ventures

The aim is to become the “Stripe for social tokens,” said CEO Bradley Miles.

Sep 28, 2021

Underwater photo of a whale (NOAA/Unsplash)