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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Финансы

How Coinbase's Wild Earnings Stack Up Against Normie Financial Firms

The crypto exchange’s $1.8 billion in quarterly revenue trounced the $1.3 billion earned in all of 2020. Can Coinbase go up from here or will future COIN holders get rekt?

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Финансы

Cardano Venture Fund Makes First Investment: $500K in Payments Firm COTI

Rather than reinventing DeFi on a faster version of Ethereum, Cardano is doing something different, said COTI CEO Shahaf Bar-Geffen.

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson

Финансы

Paxos Trumpets Same-Day Shares Settlement Using Blockchain

Instinet and Credit Suisse helped hit the “T+0” settlement cycle for U.S. equities.

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Финансы

Coinbase's COIN Stock to Go Live on Nasdaq April 14

The COIN ticker is coming to public markets soon, Coinbase announced Thursday.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong

Финансы

Ember Fund Raises $5.3M to Build Out Trading App

Ember’s AI and machine-learning algos look to protect retail investors from getting rekt.

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Технологии

DeFi Major Aave Working With Polygon to Bypass Ethereum Congestion

Whopping gas fees shouldn't limit DeFi to five-figure portfolios, said Aave founder Stani Kulechov.

Stani Kulechov, founder and CEO of Aave, speaks at Consensus 2019.

Рынки

PayPal Pushes Crypto Further Mainstream With Planned Checkout Service for 29M Merchants

The move could speed the use of crypto in day-to-day commerce.

PayPal

Финансы

R3 Corda Now Has a Bridge to Public Blockchains With Arrival of Ethereum-Based XDC

Former RBS bankers from blockchain startup LAB577 built the bridge.

Corda Network is the public offshoot of R3's enterprise blockchain efforts.

Финансы

Duke University’s Early Coinbase Investment Could Now Be Worth $500M: Sources

Duke’s direct exposure to Coinbase in one of its early investment rounds has probably increased 100x, two people familiar with the matter said.

Fans of the Duke Blue Devils cheer on their basketball team.

Финансы

Staking as an Asset Class? This Swiss Institutional Fund Is Jumping In

Persistence is helping institutions find yield with its white-labeled staking service.

Geneva, Switzerland