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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Cboe Digital Names Jump Crypto, Robinhood and DRW Among Expected Equity Partners

The new digital entity will operate the existing spot, derivative and clearing platforms of ErisX, which Cboe recently acquired.

The CBOE (Getty Images)

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Celsius Depositors Fracture Again on Legal Strategy as 'Withhold' Group Lawyers Up

Some U.S.-based customers whose funds ended up frozen in holding accounts have hired a partner at Troutman Pepper to get access to their funds.

More claimants are turning up the heat on Celsius. (Unsplash)

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Former Coinbase VP Adam White Joins Blackstone as Crypto Investment Adviser

White begins at Blackstone in a part-time role working across the firm’s investment teams and with its portfolio companies.

Adam White speaks at CoinDesk's Invest: NYC 2019. (CoinDesk)

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Celsius Network Custody Clients Tap Lawyer to Reclaim $180M

The account holders represent 4% of the assets locked up at the bankrupt crypto lender.

(Unsplash, Modified by CoinDesk)

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KuCoin Claims Bragging Rights as First Exchange to Offer NFT ETFs

The novel suite of ETF products is denominated in USDT and offers fractional ownership of five blue chip NFT collections.

Bored Ape (Yuga Labs)

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Crypto Trading Firm Zodia Markets Goes Live in UK

The company is backed by the venture arm of British banking giant Standard Chartered.

Zodia Markets CEO Usman Ahmad (Zodia Markets)

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EY Has Built an Ethereum-Based Product to Help Firms Hit Carbon Accounting Goals

Enterprise users’ data-privacy concerns are less of a constraint when it comes to showing how supply chains are meeting their ESG mandates, said EY blockchain lead Paul Brody.

Supply Chain (Shutterstock)

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What Happens to Celsius Creditors if Crypto Prices Recover?

Legal experts survey the undiscovered country that awaits customers of the bankrupt cryptocurrency lending platform.

Celsius thermometer (Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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DeFi Incubator Cumberland Lab Comes Out of Stealth Mode

The growing Singapore-based Web3 lab will have 25 staffers by week's end.

Cumberland Lab has moved from stealth mode into the public eye. (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

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Blockchain.com Cuts 25% of Its Workforce Amid Crypto Bear Market

The digital assets trading firm said it will shutter its Argentina-based offices and halt its expansion plans in several countries.

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