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

Bumper, a DeFi-Based Crypto Volatility Protection Plan, Raises $10M

The project shields users from crypto’s dips. Under the hood, it’s all about DeFi.

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Finance

'AWS for Blockchains' Alchemy Closes $80M Funding Round at $505M Valuation

Alchemy powers most of DeFi and almost all the big NFT platforms. The round was co-led by Coatue Management.

Left to right: Joe Lau, Alchemy co-founder, and chief technology officer; Nikil Viswanathan, Alchemy co-founder and CEO; John Hennessy, Google chairman and Alchemy investor

Finance

Helium to Launch 5G Network With Blockchain-Powered Mesh of DIY Telco Hubs

The number of Helium hotspots has reached 30,000 since 2019, with 200,000 more in the pipeline.

Helium team, left to right: Pierre Defebvre, Andrew Allen, Rahul Garg, Brian Bussiere.

Finance

US Bank Selects Cryptocurrency Custodian, Wins Admin Role for NYDIG’s Bitcoin ETF

Asked if NYDIG would be U.S. Bank’s crypto custodian, Senior Vice President Christine Waldron said she was not at liberty to comment.

Signage is displayed on the exterior of a U.S. Bank branch

Finance

US Bank, State Street Back $30M Raise for Institutional Crypto Builder Securrency

U.S. Bank could be the proverbial “one to watch” in the digital asset space, says Securrency Chief Strategy Officer Patrick Campos.

U.S. Bank Tower, Columbus, Ohio

Tech

Insurance Alternative Nexus Mutual Follows DeFi Activity to Polkadot, Cosmos, Binance Smart Chain

The Ethereum-based platform for covering losses from DeFi hacks and other flubs is expanding to other chains.

Nexus Mutual is expanding its coverage options.

Finance

Binance’s Tesla, Coinbase Stock Tokens Under Scrutiny From UK Regulator: Report

The Financial Conduct Authority is working with Binance to “understand the product,” according to the FT.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao

Finance

Fireblocks, Celsius Back Zero-Knowledge Credit Scoring for Institutional Crypto Traders

X-Margin’s real-time risk solution is working with crypto hedge fund Dunamis Trading.

Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky

Finance

BitGo Adds $600M in Insurance Capacity to Comfort Big-Time Bitcoin Holders

Bolstered by a wave of institutional crypto investors, BitGo is in a race against its peers to add insurance coverage.

BitGo CEO Mike Belshe

Finance

Mike Novogratz's Galaxy Digital Said to Be in Talks to Buy Crypto Custodian BitGo

A deal between the asset manager and the crypto custodian is close to being finalized, sources tell CoinDesk.

Galaxy founder Mike Novogratz (Shutterstock)