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.

Latest from Ian Allison

Finance

Dapper Labs Taps Alchemy to Give Boost to Blockchain Powering NBA Top Shot

Flow’s NBA Top Shot accounts for more transactions than all the other NFT projects combined.

Mar 25, 2021

Finance

IBM Ventures Further Into Crypto Custody With METACO, Deutsche Bank Tie-Ups

Big Blue wading deeper into these waters speaks to a broader change in the posture of corporates toward public blockchains.

Mar 25, 2021

Finance

Bitcoin-Based DeFi Project Sovryn Near Agreement on $10M Investment From ‘Pomp’

Using decentralized governance to approve investment proposals is the shape of things to come, said venture fund Greenfield One.

Mar 24, 2021

Finance

Serena Williams Backs $5M Round in Bitcoin Rewards Startup Lolli

Williams leads a pack of notable investors in the e-commerce firm, including her husband, Alexis Ohanian, and a handful of prominent YouTubers.

Mar 24, 2021

Finance

Tron's Justin Sun Wins $6M Beeple in 'Green' NFT Auction

CarbonDrop, the three-day NFT auction, raised a total of $6.66 million for the Open Earth Foundation.

Mar 23, 2021

Finance

Russia's Darknet Criminals Have Novel Crypto Cash-Out System: 'Buried Treasure'

A darknet ad flagged by the crypto sleuths at Elliptic says vendors will bury vacuum-packed physical cash “5-20 cm under the ground.”

Mar 22, 2021

Policy

Financial Watchdogs Have DeFi in Their Sights, Alter Wording Around NFTs

The FATF guidance makes a careful change of terminology, which appears to be a nod in the direction of NFTs.

Mar 20, 2021

Finance

Artists Back 'Green' NFT Sale Citing Concerns Over Crypto's Environmental Impact

The collaborative effort involving RNDR, Nifty Gateway and Beeple includes carbon offsets and a donation to the Open Earth Foundation.

Mar 19, 2021

"Dusk" by Sara Ludy, one of the artists involved in the CarbonDrop NFT sale.

Finance

Crypto Lender Hodlnaut Teams With Insurance Alternative Nexus Mutual

The Singapore crypto lender toughed it through the bear market and now has $250 million locked and lended.

Mar 18, 2021

Finance

Crypto Custody Firm Anchorage Adds Support for HEGIC, RAD and RLY

Further proof that centralized custodians can support the decentralized web, said Anchorage co-founder Diogo Mónica.

Mar 18, 2021