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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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Finance

Citigroup se prepara para operar futuros de bitcoin en la Bolsa Mercantil de Chicago

El banco comenzará a negociar primero los futuros de bitcoin y luego notas de bitcoin negociables en el mercado, según confirmó una fuente a CoinDesk.

Aug 25, 2021

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Finance

Coinbase Strengthens in Germany With Solarisbank’s KYC Platform

Coinbase builds on its custody license win with AML-compliant solution in Germany.

Aug 25, 2021

Coinbase Global Debuts Initial Public Offering At Nasdaq MarketSite

Finance

Citigroup Gearing Up to Trade CME Bitcoin Futures: Sources

Citi will begin trading CME bitcoin futures first and then bitcoin exchange-traded notes, one of the sources said.

Aug 24, 2021

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Finance

Swiss Financial Trio to Offer Institutions Tokenized Assets on Tezos

Crypto Finance, InCore Bank and Inacta have joined forces to create regulated financial products on Tezos.

Aug 24, 2021

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Tech

Liquid Exchange Attack: Can a Crypto Wallet Ever Be 100% Safe From Hacks?

Custody experts say Thursday’s attack could be related to an earlier Liquid hack last November. Is MPC really to blame?

Aug 20, 2021

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Finance

Galaxy Digital Launches DeFi Index Tracker Fund

Tracking the newly launched Bloomberg Galaxy DeFi Index, the fund is seeded by New Zealand’s NZ Funds.

Aug 19, 2021

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Finance

Custody Firm Anchorage Launches Governance Voting With DeFi Giant Aave

The Anchorage governance portal looks to boost institutional players’ DeFi involvement.

Aug 19, 2021

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Finance

Crypto ETPs' Fees Cost Up to 6 Times More Than Third-Party Custodians'

Research from custody firm Finoa finds it cheaper for big investors to just hold crypto.

Aug 19, 2021

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Finance

BitMEX, Deribit Tap Shyft Network for FATF ‘Travel Rule’ Solution

Shyft’s Veriscope product now boasts some 35 crypto service providers including Binance, Bitfinex, Tether and Huobi.

Aug 17, 2021

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Policy

NYDFS Hiring New Deputy Superintendent for Virtual Currency

The move will bolster the state’s BitLicense regulator following Superintendent Linda Lacewell’s departure.

Aug 16, 2021

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