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

Markets

DTCC Pushes Back Blockchain Project to Avoid Brexit Complications

The DTCC has pushed back the release of its blockchain-based post-trade system for derivatives by several months, in part because of Brexit.

Oct 4, 2019

Markets

Swiss Stock Exchange SIX Lines up Buyers for 'Initial Digital Offering'

Swiss stock exchange SIX's SDX blockchain platform has organized a consortium of institutions to back its "initial digital offering" set for mid-2020.

Sep 30, 2019

Finance

Barclays Hackathon to Attack Data ‘Silos’ With Blockchain

Barclays is holding another hackathon to tackle the finance industry’s perennial problem of data silos. Again, blockchain will take center stage.

Sep 25, 2019

Markets

In Rare Deal, Crypto Custodian Wins Insurance on Full Value of Client Assets

Marsh & McLennan, the world’s largest insurance broker, has arranged unusually generous insurance for new crypto custodian KNØX.

Sep 24, 2019

Markets

Wells Fargo's Stablecoin 'Faster, Cheaper' Than SWIFT, Says Exec

Wells Fargo’s innovation lead says the bank’s new digital cash for internal transfers is faster and more efficient than SWIFT.

Sep 20, 2019

Finance

Binance Is Pitching Its Stablecoin as a Government-Friendly Libra Competitor

Binance is now positioning its Venus stablecoin project as an alternative to Facebook's Libra, a month after downplaying any suggestions of rivalry.

Sep 18, 2019

Markets

Wells Fargo to Pilot Dollar-Linked Stablecoin for Internal Settlement

U.S.-based financial giant Wells Fargo is developing a digital dollar that will run on the firm’s first blockchain platform.

Sep 17, 2019

Markets

Santander Settles Both Sides of a $20 Million Bond Trade on Ethereum

Santander has issued a $20 million bond on ethereum, and paid fiat cash for it on the public blockchain as well.

Sep 12, 2019

Markets

Crypto Sleuthing Firm Elliptic Raises $23 Million in Fundraise Led by SBI

Blockchain forensics firm Elliptic has raised $23 million in Series B round led by Tokyo-based financial institution (and XRP holder) SBI.

Sep 4, 2019

Markets

R3's Marco Polo Trade Blockchain Takes Another Step Toward Production

The trade finance blockchain platform has passed another milestone in its development, with a successful pilot of real-time payment triggers.

Aug 14, 2019