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

Algorand Project Raises $3.6M to Make Cross-Chain DeFi Friendly for Big Investors

C3 will operate a cross-chain clearing engine in the same way prime brokers act as a hub for collateral management in traditional finance.

(Jainath Ponnala/Unsplash)

Tech

Polkadot Chief Promises Freedom From Ethereum’s ‘Economic Enslavement’

Polkadot creator (and Ethereum co-founder) Gavin Wood says Ethereum is actually closer to Bitcoin than many of its adherents would freely admit.

Polkadot founder Gavin Wood (Parity Technologies)

Finance

Switzerland’s Six Digital Exchange Launches With Blockchain Bond

The SDX blockchain bond is the first digital issuance that uses regulated market infrastructure, according to parent company SIX.

A SIX logo sits on the exterior of the Six Swiss Exchange AG stock exchange in Zurich, Switzerland, on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019. In a move that has implications for Brexit, Switzerland disallowed the trading of its shares on the bloc's bourses as of July 1 to prevent a drop in liquidity as it faced the expiry of its recognition under European Union rules. Photographer: Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Tech

Acala Wins First Polkadot Parachain Auction, With $1.3B in DOT Committed

Parachain auctions saw almost $3.5 billion collected by 10 hopefuls, with Acala edging out Moonbeam for the first slot.

(Sofiya Levchenko/Unsplash)

Finance

Maple Finance Launches First DeFi Syndicated Loan for Alameda Research

Think of it as an “on-chain crypto SPAC,” said founder Sid Powell.

Maple FInance

Finance

Supply Chain Meets NFTs in New Offering From Enterprise OG MultiChain

Can track-and-trace get a boost from the world of digital collectibles?

(Angel Garcia/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

‘10 Fundamental Rights’: Binance Pitches Crypto Doctrine in Face of Heightened Regulation

The crypto exchange’s top item: “Every human being should have access to financial tools, like crypto, that allow for greater economic independence.”

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (Anthony Kwan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Valkyrie to Launch $100M ‘On-Chain DeFi Fund’

The fund will get yield from lending, liquidity pools, farming and staking, said the asset manager’s director of DeFi.

"Walkyrien" (1905) by Emil Doepler (Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

BitGo Tops $64B Under Custody as COO Cassie Lentchner Takes Over as ‘Trust’ President

The surge in AUC – BitGo held $16 billion a year ago – was attributed to the stampede of institutional investors.

BitGo co-founder Mike Belshe (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Galaxy Digital Reports Q3 Earnings of $517M

Income for the fourth quarter currently stands at $400 million.

Galaxy founder Mike Novogratz (Amir Hamja/Bloomberg via Getty Images)