Ian Allison

Senior Reporter

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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Avalanche Adds USDC Stablecoin in Continued DeFi Push

The speedy Ethereum rival hopes native USDC will be a boon to users.

14 dic 2021

Avalanche Blockchain 'Bug' Wreaks Havoc on Digital Transactions

Wells Fargo, HSBC to Settle Forex Transactions Using Blockchain

The banking giants will use a blockchain product to settle U.S. dollar, Canadian dollar, pound and euro transactions.

13 dic 2021

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Router Protocol Raises $4.1M to Bridge EVM and Non-EVM Chains

“The need of the hour is the ability for these to talk to each other,” said CEO Ramani Ramachandran.

10 dic 2021

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Coinbase Offers Access to DeFi Yields With DAI and Compound

More assets and other DeFi protocols will follow, Coinbase said in a blog post.

9 dic 2021

Slingshot Raises $15M in Funding Round Led by Ribbit Capital

The DeFi trading platform has now raised $18.1 million in two rounds.

9 dic 2021

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Bitcoin Adoption Among Far-Right Extremists Leaves Its Mark on the Blockchain

Blockchain sleuthing firm Elliptic has been tracking numerical hate signals left by alt-right groups.

8 dic 2021

Elliptic has mapped bitcoin transactions with the "1448" hallmarks of alt-right hate groups. (Elliptic)

‘DeFi 2.0’ Platform JellyFi Raises $4.4M Seed Round

Over-collateralized lending reigns supreme in DeFi. JellyFi wants to change that.

8 dic 2021

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JPMorgan Gave Away NFTs at an Event This Week. One Is Now Listed for 420 ETH

One prankster is looking for $1.8 million for Jamie Dimon’s first mint. Why not?

3 dic 2021

Left to right: JPMorgan's Christine Moy, Avalanche's Emin Gün Sirer, Messari's Ryan Watkins and Compound's Robert Leshner speak at JPM's crypto event on Nov. 30, 2021. (JPMorgan)

Aave’s Push for Institutional DeFi Gets Second KYC Provider Proposal

Security token platform Securitize is looking to join Fireblocks in offering ID tools for Aave Arc.

3 dic 2021

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Goldman Sachs, Other Wall Street Banks Exploring Bitcoin-Backed Loans: Sources

U.S. banks want to use bitcoin as loan collateral without touching the bitcoin.

2 dic 2021

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