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

Crypto Custody Firm Copper Alerted to Security ‘Incident’ Over Christmas

Copper said some “concerning behavior” had been detected, and that a “machine-generated alert had been triggered.”

A Copper-branded keychain (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

UK Crypto Exchange Archax Launches FCA-Regulated Custody Service

The new offering uses tech from Swiss MPC shop Metaco and the IBM Cloud.

1908 photograph of a vault door

Finance

Fireblocks Enlists Crypto Protection Firm Coincover for Third-Party Key Recovery Service

Coincover said Fireblocks customers can rely on fixed processes and a standard service level agreement.

Fireblocks CEO Michael Shaulov (Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

ConsenSys Confirms Job Cuts; CEO Lubin Touts a Win for Decentralization Over 'Ridiculous' CeFi

A total of 97 employees, or 11% of the workforce, will be affected, according to a blog post by the CEO.

ConsenSys founder Joseph Lubin

Finance

EY and Polygon Ready Privacy-Focused Ethereum for Enterprise Release

The updated version of Nightfall, which uses zero-knowledge proofs to ensure data privacy, will go live at an EY innovation event in May this year.

Paul Brody EY

Finance

Crypto Conglomerate DCG Suspends Dividends Amid Distress at Genesis Unit

"In response to the current market environment, DCG has been focused on strengthening our balance sheet by reducing operating expenses and preserving liquidity," it told shareholders in a letter Tuesday.

Barry Silbert. CEO y fundador de Digital Currency Group.

Finance

Crypto Brokerage Blockchain.com Lays Off 28% of Workforce as Industry's Cruel Winter Continues

The company is shedding 110 staffers in a bloody week of layoffs across the crypto sector.

El invierno cripto cambió la composición de los participantes de la industria. (Monicore/Pixabay)

Finance

Ethereum Software Firm ConsenSys to Cut Upwards of 100 Staff

CoinDesk estimates nearly 27,000 jobs have been lost across the crypto industry since April, based on media reports and press releases.

ConsenSys founder Joseph Lubin (CoinDesk)

Finance

Ethereum Builder ConsenSys and AMD SPAC Plows on Despite 95% of Shares Being Redeemed

Investors in W3BCLOUD’s merger with Social Leverage Acquisition Corp. voted to redeem the majority of shares, according to a filing.

ConsenSys CEO Joseph Lubin (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

$1.6B FTX International Customers Group Hires Law Firm to Create Official Bankruptcy Committee

There is “irreconcilable conflict" between the interests of FTX's international customers and those of other creditor groups, said Eversheds Sutherland partner Sarah Paul.

Sam Bankman-Fried exCEO de FTX. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)