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

AI Data Collection Startup Sapien Raises $10.5M Seed Funding Led by Variant

The firm's founders, who have worked in the blockchain space for years, are using crypto to incentivize an army of people who can earn from labeling data for AI models.

Left to right; Trevor Koverko, Sunny Ray, Reed Ponak, Rowan Stone, and Tyler Koverko. (Sapien)

Finance

Binance Unveils 'Binance Wealth' for Elite Customers

The initial focus will be on Asia and Latin America, Binance said.

Two large stacked blocks displaying Binance's logo at a trade show.

Finance

DeFi Cover Provider Nexus Mutual Backs New Crypto Insurance Broker Native

Nexus Mutual is also behind a new insurance alternative on Coinbase’s L2 network called Base DeFi Pass.

Inside the Lloyd's of London insurance market. (Lloyd's of London)

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Newly-Qualified Crypto Custodian Balance Aims to Bring ETF Assets Held in the U.S. Back to Canada

Until now, Canada’s crypto ETF assets have been held under sub-custody arrangements in the U.S. with firms like Coinbase and Gemini.

Canada's regulatory situation is both clear and more conservative than in the U.S. (Sebastiaan Stam/Unsplash)

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FCA-Regulated Crypto Trading Firm Portofino Technologies Sees Staff Exodus

Co-founder Alex Casimo and CFO Jae Park were fired in July, which triggered a number of departures from the market making firm.

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U.K. Pension Giant L&G Looks to Enter Crypto's Tokenization Space

London-based L&G, which has $1.5 trillion in assets, is evaluating ways to join other big traditional players like BlackRock, Franklin Templeton and Abrdn that are offering blockchain-based money-market funds and the like.

City of London, England (Shutterstock)

Finance

Binance, FalconX and the Curious Case of 1.35M Missing Solana Tokens

Crypto prime broker FalconX didn't know who the SOL tokens belonged to until crypto exchange Binance came asking for them years later.

Mysterious transactions and reconciliation head-scratchers happen in traditional finance, too, but crypto could be uniquely prone to a situation of this sort. (Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

Crypto Custody Firm Copper’s CEO Dmitry Tokarev Plans to Step Down

Tokarev helped found the digital-assets custody firm in 2018.

Copper CEO Dmitry Tokarev (Copper)

Finance

Fintech Giant Revolut Said to Be Planning Stablecoin

Crypto-friendly Revolut is said to be quite far along in creating its own stablecoin, according to two people familiar with the plan.

Fintech giant Revolut is said to be planning to issue a stablecoin of its own.  (A. Aleksandravicius/Shutterstock)

Finance

BitGo Unveils Token Management Service for Crypto Foundations

Big names like Worldcoin and LayerZero are among the first customers of the Token Management Service, announced on Monday.

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