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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Tecnologie

DeFi Insurance Upstart Risk Harbor Goes Live With $3.25M in Seed Funding

Risk Harbor uses on-chain rules and smart contracts to automate payouts for insurance claims.

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Wirex Eyes Mainstream DeFi With Fireblocks Integration

Now your mum can start providing liquidity to Uniswap, said Wirex CEO Pavel Matveev.

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MoonPay Takes ‘Sizable’ Stake in Crypto Banking Provider BCB Group

Terms of the deal between the two London-based firms were not disclosed.

MoonPay's Zeeshan Feroz (left) and BCB Group's Oliver von Landsberg-Sadie (right)

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Solana-Based Pyth Network Adds Institutional Crypto Exchange LMAX as Data Provider

LMAX will provide foreign exchange and crypto trading data.

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A16z Joins Forces With Deutsche Telekom in Staking CELO Tokens

A European telco and a U.S. VC giant walk into a proof-of-stake network…

Deutsche Telekom's headquarters, Bonn, Germany.

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Paxos Adds Wedbush Securities in Quest for Same-Day Stock Settlement

Credit Suisse, Instinet and Societe Generale are also part of the program, which is meant to shrink stock settlement times to hours, not days.

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UK Regulator Finds 2.3M Adults Now Hold Crypto

However, overall understanding of crypto is in decline, the FCA survey revealed.

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Blockchain Privacy Firm Integritee Raises $2M Ahead of Kusama Parachain Auction

The seed round was led by investment firm LD Capital, and included AU21, DFG, FBG and OKEx Blockdream Ventures.

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Banks Edge Closer to Ethereum 2.0 Staking

Switzerland-based Sygnum Bank is helping institutional clients get staking rewards from the new Ethereum network. And they’re not alone.

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Big Time Studios to Push ‘Play-to-Earn’ Through Binance NFT Marketplace

“Every gaming company that I speak with now is researching NFTs,” said Big Time CEO Ari Meilich.

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