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 Finance Firm Galaxy Digital to Cut One-Fifth of Workforce: Sources

The company's shares have fallen 80% in the past year.

Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz (Suzanne Cordiero/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

Coinbase-Backed Anti-Money Laundering Group Expands Into Europe

The Travel Rule Universal Solution Technology (TRUST) has grown its membership to 67 firms.

The FATF ordered crypto service providers to meet its AML guidance back in 2019. (Hervé Cortinat/OECD)

Finance

Standard Chartered-Backed Zodia Custody Offers Crypto Ownership Proofs for Institutions

Should a custodian declare bankruptcy, Zodia’s tech can be used to prove ownership to reallocate wallets and return them to the rightful owner, the company said.

(CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Struggling Bitcoin Miners Are Flocking to Maple Finance’s $300M Lending Pool

A pipeline of 10 mining firms will make up the first cohort of borrowers, with some 25 on the waitlist.

Sid Powell, CEO of Maple Finance (Maple Finance)

Finance

Genesis Chief Risk Officer Said to Be Exiting After 3 Months

Michael Patchen joined the crypto brokerage this past summer.

(Shutterstock)

Finance

Crypto Data Science Shop Gauntlet Launches Treasury Management System for DAOs

Aera aims to make DAOs the agile, risk-aware institutions DeFi is lacking.

Gauntlet founder and CEO Tarun Chitra (Gauntlet)

Finance

Ripple Builds New Partnerships in France and Sweden Despite Crypto Bear Market

Ripple inked deals with Paris-based payment provider for online marketplaces Lemonway and Swedish money transfer provider Xbaht.

Ripple Labs maintains XRP. (Ripple Labs)

Finance

Celsius' Crypto Customers Face Big Obstacle in Trying to Claw Back Their Deposits

A change in the corporate structure the bankrupt crypto lender made when it was raising money last year may come under scrutiny.

Will there be a "fresh start" for Celsius's token? (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Do Kwon Denies Report That South Korean Prosecutors Froze $39.6M of His Crypto

"I don't know whose funds they've frozen, but good for them, hope they use it for good," he tweeted.

Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon on CoinDesk TV in December (CoinDesk)

Web3

Andrew Yang, an Ex-US Presidential Candidate, Joins Web3 Platform Pool Data as Adviser

The data monetization platform is launching crypto-based market infrastructure, payments rails and consumer-ready app tools.

Andrew Yang is raising money for a new company that combines cryptocurrency and charity. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)