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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Axoni, Clearmatics Claim Milestone for Blockchain Interoperability

In a first for interoperability, Axoni and Clearmatics have shown how a derivative contract written on one blockchain can be settled on another.

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AWS Moves to Simplify Production-Grade Business Blockchains

Cloud computing giant Amazon Web Services (AWS) is partnering with ethereum startup ConsenSys to make enterprise blockchains easier to deploy.

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JP Morgan's New DLT Lead: We're Not Done With Blockchain Innovation

Christine Moy, Amber Baldet's successor at JPMorgan, shares her thoughts on the future of enterprise DLT and the role of public blockchain networks.

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The Next Generation of Crypto Exchanges Has One Big Missing Piece

Decentralized exchanges could unlock the potential of blockchains, but they face pragmatic issues today in gaining the marketshare of alternatives.

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Inclusive Insurance? Businesses See Blockchain As Change-Enabler

A perfect storm of new tech including blockchain, the internet of things and big data analytics is changing the outlook for microinsurance.

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Enterprise Ethereum Alliance Is Back – And It's Got a Roadmap to Prove It

Nearly 18 months since forming, the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance has published a guide to the building blocks that will make up its open standards.

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BMW, Ford, GM: World's Largest Automakers Form Blockchain Coalition

BMW, Ford, GM and Renault have joined with tech providers to form the biggest-ever consortium focused on blockchain for the automotive industry.

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Banking Giant ING Is Quietly Becoming a Serious Blockchain Innovator

Dutch bank ING, which made a splash last year with a modification to zero-knowledge proofs, is adding another innovative wrinkle to privacy in DLT.

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Barclays, Goldman Champion ISDA Standard for Blockchain Derivatives

U.K.-based bank Barclays is pushing hard for a data standard for derivatives, as a foundation for that market to adopt distributed ledger technology.

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'WordPress of Blockchain' Startup Seeks to Solve Enterprise Pain Points

Elemential, which is based in Mumbai, India, seeks to remove the pain of “blockchain administration."

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