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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Tech

Digital Asset Loses a Manager and a High-Profile Board Member

Wall Street superstar Sallie Krawchek has quietly left the board of Digital Asset, and the manager of the firm's DAML product has returned to banking.

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Markets

DTCC: Security Tokens Should Be Made to Meet Existing Regulatory Rules

The DTCC has laid out guidelines for the post-trade processing of tokenized securities, aimed at market participants and regulators.

DTCC Fintech Symposium 2017. Credit: CoinDesk/Michael del Castillo

Finance

IBM Quietly Enters Crypto Custody Market With Tech Designed for Banks

IBM and Shuttle Holdings will launch a digital asset custody service this month for banks and enterprises that want to store crypto for their clients.

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Markets

Blockchain Firm SETL Seeks Buyer After Filing for Insolvency

Blockchain infrastructure provider SETL has filed for insolvency in the U.K., saying it's seeking a buyer for its CSD business.

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Markets

Swiss Stock Exchange SIX Will Tokenize Equity on R3's Corda Blockchain

Swiss stock exchange operator Six Group has selected R3’s Corda Enterprise blockchain platform for the security token market it is building.

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

Finance

Underwriter Claims Crypto Custodian BitGo Exaggerated Insurance Coverage

An underwriter of BitGo’s $100 million crypto insurance policy says the custodian described it in a misleading way.

BitGo CEO Mike Belshe

Tech

JP Morgan Is Quietly Testing Cutting-Edge Ethereum Privacy Tech

Fresh off its big reveal of JPM Coin, the megabank is quietly testing a cutting-edge form of ethereum privacy tech.

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Markets

London Stock Exchange Leads $20 Million Fundraise for Blockchain Startup Nivaura

Nivaura, a startup tokenizing traditional financial instruments, has raised $20 million from investors led by the London Stock Exchange Group.

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Tech

Blockchain-for-Banks Startup Switches From Hyperledger to R3's Corda

MonetaGo, which builds private blockchains for banks, has switched platforms from Hyperledger Fabric to R3 Corda.

David Rutter, R3 CEO

Markets

2 Crypto Startups Want to Put 10 Million Used Cars on a Blockchain

The Fusion Foundation is joining forces with the Automotive eXchange Platform to put 10.5 million used cars on a blockchain.

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