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

Samsung Adds Ledger Wallet Support in Latest Crypto Tie-Up

The cold-storage option comes as monthly active users have doubled over the past seven months, Samsung said.

Samsung

Finance

Slingshot Picks Ethereum Layer 2 Polygon for Full Launch

Trading on Ethereum will be added further down the line, said CEO Clinton Bembry. But for now, “insane transaction fees” were effectively pricing people out of DeFi.

Slingshot

Finance

Decentraland Founder Unveils Project of Bringing NFTs to 'Big-Time' Video Games

Decentraland co-founder Ari Meilich is teaming up with gaming industry heavyweights to launch Big Time Studios. Everyone from Ashton Kutcher to Sam Bankman-Fried is involved in the $10.3 million Series A round of funding.

A look into one of Big Time Studios' games.

Finance

DARMA Capital Bets $3M on Scalable DeFi Exchange With Settlement Finality

Nahmii, not Polygon, is where DARMA is placing its bet on layer 2 scaling solutions.

Dharma wheel

Finance

DeFi More Disruptive to Banks Than Bitcoin, Says ING

ING’s deep dive into DeFi includes a case study of lending platform Aave.

ING Bank, Netherlands

Finance

DeFi Conglomerate Equilibrium Raises $8.5M to Win a Place on Polkadot

Phase one for the project reached its 250,000 DOT token hard cap. Phase two is looking to net the remaining 750,000 DOT required to land a parachain.

Members of the Equilibrium team

Finance

NYSE-Owner ICE Sold Coinbase Stake for $1.2B

The NYSE participated in Coinbase’s Series C $75 million funding round in January 2015.

New York Stock Exchange

Finance

Team Behind Argo Blockchain Launches London-Listed DeFi Fund

Dispersion Holdings lists on Aquis Stock Exchange Growth Market using an auspicious ticker symbol: DEFI.

London

Finance

Commerzbank, Deutsche Börse Team Up for Tokenized Real Estate and Art Marketplace

The financial institutions are working with fintech firm 360X, with first tokenized transactions coming later this year.

Albrecht Dürer, Feast of Rose Garlands

Finance

Crypto Trading Business Apifiny Snags FINRA Broker-Dealer License

Apifiny connects professional traders with 40-odd global exchanges to search the best execution prices.

Apifiny's employees in a photo from 2020.