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

‘Pomp’ Launches Crypto Jobs Board With Gemini, Coinbase and BlockFi

Morgan Creek’s Anthony Pompliano aims to list 10,000 openings by the end of the year.

Anthony Pompliano, Pomp, Morgan Creek

Finance

EY’s Paul Brody Expects Consumer DeFi Ignition in 2021

Welcome to the world of boomer DeFi.

EY blockchain lead Paul Brody

Finance

Harvard, Yale, Brown Endowments Have Been Buying Bitcoin for at Least a Year: Sources

University endowments that backed blockchain VCs in 2018 have started buying crypto directly from Coinbase.

Yale University

Finance

Ethereum-Based ConsenSys Quorum Partners With China’s BSN Blockchain

The first partnership for Quorum since leaving JPMorgan is a big one.

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Finance

eToro Survey Finds Pensions and Endowments Are Finally Waking Up to Crypto

The exchange quizzed 25 institutional players about crypto investing, including a couple of pension funds.

EToro (CoinDesk Archives)

Finance

Salesforce, Lime Execs Join Board of Polkadot-Inspired Cere Network

Cere’s new board members don’t want a “half-assed approach” to enterprise blockchain.

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Finance

Lightspeed, Pantera Join $20M Raise for Crypto Market Maker Wintermute

The Series B will fund a push into Asia and the launch of a derivatives business.

The Wintermute team

Finance

Saddle Raises $4.3M for Slippage-Free DeFi Trading

Silicon Valley's Saddle is solving the stablecoin spread that currently dogs DeFi.

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Huobi Global Connects to European Banking System via UK’s BCB Group

The crypto exchange is partnering with BCB Group to get instant GBP and euro settlement for its customers.

Former BCB Group CEO Oliver von Landsberg-Sadie (BCB Group)

Finance

Goldman Sachs to Enter Crypto Market 'Soon' With Custody Play: Source

Goldman, JPMorgan and Citi are all said to be looking at crypto custody.

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