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

MetaMask Has a Plan to Help Victims of Crypto Scams

The popular Ethereum wallet has partnered with recovery specialist Asset Reality.

MetaMask cryptocurrency wallet application on a smartphone arranged in New Hyde Park, New York, U.S., on Thursday, July 29, 2021. Lending on cryptocurrency platforms rose 7.6% from last week to $29.40 billion, according to data compiled by DeFi Pulse. Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Finance

Coinbase-Led Travel Rule Group Grows Members, Expands to Canada and Singapore

The original group of founding crypto blue chips has now swollen to over 30, including heavyweights like Binance US, Circle, Robinhood and Paxos.

FATF meeting.

Finance

Social-Media Disruptor Project Liberty to Run on Polkadot’s Blockchain Network

The partnership follows on from former L.A. Dodgers owner Frank McCourt earmarking $100 million last year to disrupt incumbent-dominated social media.

An installation in Berlin, Germany, by the polkadot-inspired artist Yayoi Kusama, after whom the Polkadot blockchain's canary network is named. (Adam Berry/Getty Images)

Finance

Ex-Deutsche Telekom Team Launch Liquid Staking Division at Crypto Custodian Finoa

Newly formed Finoa Consensus Services is working with staking specialist StakeWise.

Moving to POS from POW

Finance

Nomura’s Digital Division to Focus on Cryptocurrencies First, DeFi Later

Phase one of Nomura’s new digital-assets division will include the top 10 cryptocurrencies, with DeFi and NFTs further down the line.

Nomura. (charnsitr/Shutterstock)

Finance

Institutional DeFi Enabler? Data Firm Kaiko Probes DEX Liquidity With New Product

The data feed unpacks what’s what in Uniswap, SushiSwap, Curve Finance and Balancer asset pools.

Kaiko CEO Ambre Soubiran (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Elwood Technologies Touts Strong Focus on Crypto Derivatives

Now backed by tier one banks Goldman, Barclays and Commerzbank, Elwood CEO James Stickland predicts “a huge amount of derivatives action.”

Elwood CEO James Stickland (Elwood)

Finance

Former Wyoming Banking Commissioner Goes Web 3

Albert Forkner has joined crypto infrastructure company Fortress Blockchain Technologies.

(Pascal Bernardon/Unsplash)

Finance

Fireblocks Deploys ‘Web3 Engine’ for Firms Eyeing GameFi, NFTs

The custody and wallet tech provider is looking to expand beyond institutions involved in DeFi to a broader developer community around gaming, social media and entertainment.

Fireblocks sign at Miami airport during Bitcoin Miami conference 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Japan’s Nomura Said to Launch Crypto Unit With DeFi and NFTs on Menu: Report

The Japanese investment bank carried out its first cryptocurrency derivatives trades last week.

Nomura. (charnsitr/Shutterstock)