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

USDC Added to Hedera Hashgraph as Enterprise-Minded Network Eyes DeFi

It becomes the stablecoin’s sixth network as a key part of a $2.5 billion HBAR initiative.

(HFA_Illustrations/Shutterstock)

Tech

Polkadot Sets Date for Hotly Anticipated Parachain Auctions

There could still be minor changes to the schedule, but the first auction is slated to begin on Nov. 11.

Polkadot founder Gavin Wood

Finance

Coinbase Co-Founder’s Venture Firm Raising $1.5B Fund, Document Shows

An investor deck shows Paradigm is in the process of raising what would be one of the VC world’s largest crypto-focused funds.

Paradigm co-founder Fred Ehrsam speaks at Token Summit II. (Credit: Brady Dale for CoinDesk)

Finance

ConsenSys Holds Funding Round Talks With $3B Valuation

The Ethereum software company raised $65 million in April from financial giants such as JPMorgan Chase and Mastercard.

ConsenSys founder Joseph Lubin

Finance

Regulatory Uncertainty a Recurring Theme at London’s Token2049

The crypto community needs to do a better job of lobbying and educating politicians, said Galaxy Digital chief Mike Novogratz.

Left to right: Element Finance founder Will Villanueva, Synthetix founder Kain Warwick, Aave founder Stani Kulechov and Gauntlet founder Tarun Chitra speak at 2021's Token2049 event in London. (Ian Allison/CoinDesk archives)

Finance

MoneyGram Partners With Stellar and USDC for Blockchain-Based Payments

The firms will begin a pilot this year followed by a gradual rollout in early 2022.

MoneyGram money transfer kiosk in a retail setting, San Ramon, California, March 26, 2019. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Finance

DeFi Custodian Trustology Gets Green Light From UK’s FCA

The march toward institution-friendly DeFi continues.

The offices of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in London. (Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Credit Suisse Creates Ethereum-Based Shares in Swiss Resort

The bank is working with Swiss crypto custody and trading platform Taurus on the project.

Swiss Alps (Piotr Guzik/Unsplash)

Finance

R3, Once Banking’s Blockchain Bet, Is Spinning Up a DeFi Token

As DeFi looks to compliance, “enterprise blockchain” sees an opportunity.

R3

Finance

Switzerland’s SEBA Bank Snags First FINMA License for Liquid Crypto Funds

Easy in, easy out. SEBA Bank CEO Guido Buehler thinks the license will attract more investment.

Zurich, Switzerland (Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg via Getty Images)