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

Avalanche-Based Blockbuster Game Shrapnel Completes $7M Token Sale

Games studio Neon has raised $17.5 million so far to bring Shrapnel to Avalanche.

An image from game studio Neon’s Shrapnel. (Neon)

Finance

XRP Army Drives Bumper Sales in Ripple Stock Despite SEC Probe

Since launching two years ago, tech equity platform Linqto has sold $50 million in private shares of Ripple Labs.

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Finance

ConsenSys Settles Lawsuit With Former Venture Capital Chief Kavita Gupta

The ugly spat involved a pair of dueling lawsuits.

The main entrance of ConsenSys's Brooklyn, N.Y., headquarters as seen in 2018. (Holly Pickett/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Ethereum Scaler Boba Network Valued at $1.5B in $45M Series A

In addition to easing Ethereum’s transaction load, Boba injects off-chain machine learning into the contracts powering DeFi.

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Finance

FCA Friction Said to Spook Investors Over Copper’s Reported $500M Raise

Temporary registration status from the U.K.’s markets regulator has caused some VC firms to back out or downsize their checks, sources say.

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BitMEX CEO, CFO's Bid for German Bank Fails: Report

The deal, which was expected to complete later this year, was called off by a mutual agreement, according to reports.

Munich, Germany. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Finance

Greener Bitcoin Mining Could Be China’s ‘Trillion-Dollar Present’ to the US

Can change come fast enough for an ESG-embattled mining industry?

A Bitfury mine in Mo i Rana, Norway. The mine is 90% powered by hydroelectricity and employs five locals. (Bitfury)

Finance

Emissions Tracking Project Goes Live on Hedera as HBAR Stands Up $100M ESG Push

Meeco looks to track carbon credits and renewable energy certificates in the form of ledger-based tokens.

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Finance

Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater Investing in Crypto Fund: Sources

It’s the first signal to date the world’s largest hedge fund is taking crypto seriously with its own money.

Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Hex Trust Raises $88M for Crypto Custody Focused on the Gaming Sector

The funding round was co-led by Animoca Brands and Liberty City Ventures.

(Antoine Merour/Unsplash)