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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Hashnote's U.S. Treasuries Token Now Available Through Crypto Custodian Copper

Not all the so-called “on-chain treasuries” in the market are created equal, warns Hashnote CEO Leo Mizuhara.

DeFi, T-bill, Yield, Paradigm

Finance

Crypto Custodian BitGo Receives Investment From Iconic Cash Handling Firm Brink’s

Brink’s says it is continuing its growth in the evolving digital asset industry with the BitGo investment.

A Brink's armoured truck (Brink's)

Finance

Il custode Cripto BitGo riceve investimenti dall'iconica società di gestione del contante Brink's

Brink’s afferma che sta continuando la sua crescita nel settore in evoluzione delle risorse digitali con l’investimento in BitGo.

A Brink's armoured truck (Brink's)

Finance

El custodio de Cripto BitGo recibe inversión de la icónica empresa de manejo de efectivo Brink's

Brink's dice que continúa su crecimiento en la cambiante industria de activos digitales con la inversión en BitGo.

A Brink's armoured truck (Brink's)

Finance

Ang Crypto Custodian BitGo ay Tumatanggap ng Puhunan Mula sa Iconic Cash Handling Firm Brink's

Sinabi ni Brink na nagpapatuloy ito sa paglago nito sa umuusbong na industriya ng digital asset gamit ang pamumuhunan ng BitGo.

A Brink's armoured truck (Brink's)

Finance

Cripto Custodian BitGo recebe investimento da icônica empresa de manuseio de dinheiro Brink's

A Brink’s afirma que continua seu crescimento na indústria de ativos digitais em evolução com o investimento na BitGo.

A Brink's armoured truck (Brink's)

Finance

Le dépositaire de Crypto monnaie BitGo reçoit un investissement de la société emblématique de gestion de liquidités Brink's

Brink's affirme poursuivre sa croissance dans le secteur en évolution des actifs numériques avec l'investissement BitGo.

A Brink's armoured truck (Brink's)

Finance

Crypto Custody Specialist Taurus Brings Tokenized Securities to Retail Customers in Switzerland

Swiss financial regulator FINMA has approved Taurus’s TDX marketplace to offer blockchain-based shares in unlisted companies to retail investors.

From left to right: Lamine Brahimi, Co-Founder and Managing Partner; Dr. Jean-Philippe Aumasson, Co-Founder and CSO; Oren-Olivier Puder, Co-Founder and Chairman; Sébastien Dessimoz,  Co-Founder and Managing Partner (Taurus)

Finance

FTX Sold About $1B of Grayscale's Bitcoin ETF, Explaining Much of Outflow: Sources

BTC's price has fallen since bitcoin ETFs were approved. In theory, now that FTX is done selling its substantial holdings, the selling pressure could ease since a bankruptcy estate liquidating holdings is a relatively unique event.

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Finance

FTX vendeu cerca de US$ 1 bilhão em ETF Bitcoin da Grayscale, explicando grande parte da saída: fontes

O preço do BTC caiu desde que os ETFs de Bitcoin foram aprovados. Em teoria, agora que a FTX terminou de vender suas participações substanciais, a pressão de venda poderia diminuir, uma vez que a liquidação de participações de uma massa falida é um evento relativamente único.

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