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.

Ian Allison

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Finance

Puerto Rico-Based FV Bank to Offer Regulated Crypto Custody in the US

FV Bank says it has received permission from a Puerto Rico banking regulator to provide custody services for bitcoin, ether and more in the U.S.

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Finance

US Bitcoin Mining Firm Core Scientific to Triple Capacity With Massive 59,000-Machine Order

U.S. blockchain and AI infrastructure provider Core Scientific has expanded its fleet of state-of-the-art crypto miners to over 77,000.

Core Scientific's mining facility in Calvert City, Ky. (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

The Big Banks Positioned to Ride Bitcoin's Bull Run

Banks joined the crypto conversation as bitcoin marched to $20,000. Here's a list of recent crypto developments in the banking sector.

The New York Stock Exchange

Finance

French Fashion Brand Adds Blockchain Tracking to Clothes Made From Ocean Plastic

True Tribe is using the Ethereum-based SUKU protocol to track the provenance of clothing made from recycled ocean trash.

RECYCLE: Plastic bottles washed up on the shore of the Black Sea.

Finance

Banca Generali Leads $14M Round in Italian Crypto Custody Firm Conio

Banca Generali, a subsidiary of Italy’s largest insurer, will also help its customers hold bitcoin following the $14 million Series B.

Banca Generali CEO and General Manager Gian Maria Mossa

Finance

Bitcoin Exchanges Flood London's Metro With Adverts

Two cryptocurrency exchanges chose to kick off advertising campaigns on London's Underground transport system Monday.

Coinfloor advertisement, Kings Cross, London

Finance

SDX Chief Gets Philosophical About Crypto's Swiss-Singapore Connection

The crypto corridor connecting Switzerland and Singapore is firming up, involving many of the usual suspects in banking, custody and trading.

SIX Swiss Exchange is based in Zurich.

Finance

DBS Bank’s Digital Exchange to Begin Trading Crypto ‘Next Week’

The DBS Digital Exchange is 10% owned by Singapore's SGX stock exchange.

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Finance

Coinbase-Backed Bitso Raises $62M to Expand Crypto Footprint in Brazil

Latin American crypto exchange Bitso has raised a whopping $62 million funding round, the largest in the region for a digital asset firm.

Mexico City, where Bitso is based

Finance

One of the World’s Oldest Banks Is Issuing a Euro Stablecoin on Stellar

Germany’s Bankhaus von der Heydt is working with Bitbond for the first direct issuance of a stablecoin by a bank on Stellar, the firms said.

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