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

R3 Corda Now Has a Bridge to Public Blockchains With Arrival of Ethereum-Based XDC

Former RBS bankers from blockchain startup LAB577 built the bridge.

Corda Network is the public offshoot of R3's enterprise blockchain efforts.

Finance

Duke University’s Early Coinbase Investment Could Now Be Worth $500M: Sources

Duke’s direct exposure to Coinbase in one of its early investment rounds has probably increased 100x, two people familiar with the matter said.

Fans of the Duke Blue Devils cheer on their basketball team.

Finance

Staking as an Asset Class? This Swiss Institutional Fund Is Jumping In

Persistence is helping institutions find yield with its white-labeled staking service.

Geneva, Switzerland

Finance

Dapper Labs Taps Alchemy to Give Boost to Blockchain Powering NBA Top Shot

Flow’s NBA Top Shot accounts for more transactions than all the other NFT projects combined.

Dapper Labs CEO Roham Gharegozlou

Finance

IBM Ventures Further Into Crypto Custody With METACO, Deutsche Bank Tie-Ups

Big Blue wading deeper into these waters speaks to a broader change in the posture of corporates toward public blockchains.

IBM Fellow Hillery Hunter

Finance

Bitcoin-Based DeFi Project Sovryn Near Agreement on $10M Investment From ‘Pomp’

Using decentralized governance to approve investment proposals is the shape of things to come, said venture fund Greenfield One.

Anthony Pompliano, Pomp, Morgan Creek

Finance

Serena Williams Backs $5M Round in Bitcoin Rewards Startup Lolli

Williams leads a pack of notable investors in the e-commerce firm, including her husband, Alexis Ohanian, and a handful of prominent YouTubers.

Serena Williams

Finance

Tron's Justin Sun Wins $6M Beeple in 'Green' NFT Auction

CarbonDrop, the three-day NFT auction, raised a total of $6.66 million for the Open Earth Foundation.

A screenshot of Beeple's "OCEAN FRONT"

Finance

Russia's Darknet Criminals Have Novel Crypto Cash-Out System: 'Buried Treasure'

A darknet ad flagged by the crypto sleuths at Elliptic says vendors will bury vacuum-packed physical cash “5-20 cm under the ground.”

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Policy

Financial Watchdogs Have DeFi in Their Sights, Alter Wording Around NFTs

The FATF guidance makes a careful change of terminology, which appears to be a nod in the direction of NFTs.

FATF meeting.