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

Quant Hedge Fund Two Sigma Hiring Crypto Operations Manager

The New York-based firm is seeking someone to build out its cryptocurrency trading business, said a job posting.

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Finance

Polkadot DeFi Darling Acala Has Gathered Over $600M and Counting

Acala is likely to win the first Polkadot parachain slot in the auction process beginning Thursday.

One of the options DOT holders can vote on. (Polkadot)

Finance

Ripple to Launch Liquidity Service for Six Cryptocurrencies

The “Liquidity Hub” will give customers access to BTC, ETH, LTC, ETC, BCH and XRP from a range of exchanges and OTC desks.

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Finance

Swiss Crypto Exchange SDX Said to Go Live Later This Month

SDX’s journey has been fraught with delays and changes of leadership.

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Finance

Cryptocurrency AML Specialist Notabene Raises $10M

Investors including crypto exchanges Luno and Bitso also participated in the Series A round.

Travel Rule compliance is a sub-sector within crypto (Credit: Christine Roy/Unsplash)

Finance

Poland’s Largest Crypto Exchange Revamps to Go License Shopping

Zonda (formerly BitBay) plans to push into Switzerland early next year, with U.K. and Canada next on the roadmap.

Zonda CEO Przemysław Kral (Zonda)

Finance

JPMorgan Report Says CBDCs Can Save Firms $100B a Year in Cross-Border Costs

The report considers a network of multiple central bank digital currencies across the ASEAN region.

La sede de JPMorgan en Asia-Pacífico, en Hong Kong. (Jerome Favre/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Customers Bank Veers Into Crypto With Transfer Token, $1.5B in Crypto-Related Deposits

The Pennsylvania-based bank, 0.52% the size of JPMorgan, is making a a big play for business clients from the crypto sector.

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Decentralized Identity Startup Spruce Raises $7.5M

Ethereal Ventures and Electric Capital led the round, with Alameda Research, Coinbase Ventures and Protocol Labs joining in.

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Finance

Amazon Web Services Looks to Drive Crypto Settlement and Custody to the Cloud

The right candidate will transform the way firms transact in crypto, stablecoins, CBDCs and NFTs, said an AWS job post.

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