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

Insurance Broker Marsh Introduces $825M Crypto Custody Coverage

The new insurance product will support organizations with digital assets held offline in cold storage, as well other custody solutions such as Multi-Party Computation (MPC).

Marsh McLennan (Shutterstock)

Finance

Kraken Unveils Qualified Custody for Institutions in Crypto-Friendly Wyoming

Kraken Institutional operates under the exchange’s state-chartered banking license in Wyoming, attained back in 2020.

Kraken (DreamStudio/CoinDesk)

Finance

Brevan Howard-Backed Tokenization Firm Libre Goes Live

Libre has added a tokenized version of a BlackRock money-market fund so investors can earn yield while parking their capital.

Libre CEO Avtar Sehra (Libre)

Finance

Empresa de tokenização Libre apoiada por Brevan Howard entra em operação

A Libre adicionou uma versão tokenizada de um fundo do mercado monetário BlackRock para que os investidores possam obter rendimento enquanto estacionam seu capital.

Libre CEO Avtar Sehra (Libre)

Finance

La société de tokenisation Libre, soutenue par Brevan Howard, est lancée

Libre a ajouté une version tokenisée d'un fonds du marché monétaire BlackRock afin que les investisseurs puissent obtenir un rendement tout en garant leur capital.

Libre CEO Avtar Sehra (Libre)

Finance

La società di tokenizzazione Libre, sostenuta da Brevan Howard, diventa operativa

Libre ha aggiunto una versione tokenizzata di un fondo del mercato monetario BlackRock in modo che gli investitori possano guadagnare rendimento parcheggiando il proprio capitale.

Libre CEO Avtar Sehra (Libre)

Finance

La empresa de tokenización Libre, respaldada por Brevan Howard, entra en funcionamiento

Libre ha agregado una versión tokenizada de un fondo del mercado monetario de BlackRock para que los inversores puedan obtener rendimiento mientras estacionan su capital.

Libre CEO Avtar Sehra (Libre)

Finance

Naging Live ang Tokenization Firm Libre na Sinusuportahan ng Brevan Howard

Nagdagdag ang Libre ng tokenized na bersyon ng BlackRock money-market fund para makakuha ang mga investor ng yield habang ipinaparada ang kanilang capital.

Libre CEO Avtar Sehra (Libre)

Finance

Crypto Custody Firm Cordial Systems Names Jump Crypto as Client as It Exits Stealth

Cordial Treasury gives all the software to the customer, not just a bit of a cryptographic key.

(Pixabay)

Finance

Sinusubukan ng Goldman Sachs, BNY Mellon at Iba Pa ang Enterprise Blockchain para sa Tokenized Assets

Pinahintulutan ng pilot ng Canton ang 15 asset manager, 13 bangko, apat na tagapag-alaga at tatlong palitan na walang putol na makipagtransaksyon at ayusin ang mga tokenized na asset.

Goldman Sachs logo (CoinDesk archives)