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

DCG Enters Retail Crypto Market With Acquisition of Luno Wallet

Blockchain-focused investment firm Digital Currency Group has acquired Luno, a retail-focused cryptocurrency exchange with over five million customers.

DCG founder and CEO Barry Silbert (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

DeFi Risk Management Startup Cozy Finance Debuts With $2M Funding Round

Announced Thursday, Cozy Finance has raised a $2 million seed round, led by Electric Capital and including Variant Fund, Dragonfly Capital, Robot Ventures, Slow Ventures, Volt Capital, Spencer Noon, Moncada and others.

(Shutterstock)

Finance

Coinberry Crypto Exchange Gets Lloyd's Cover as Canada's Post-Quadriga Rules Tighten

Following last year’s QuadrigaCX collapse and loss of client funds, Canada’s crypto exchanges are going the extra mile to rebuild the trust of consumers.

Canadian coins (Jerin John/Unsplash)

Finance

FATF Compliance Effort Adds Huobi, Bitfinex and Tether to Governance Task Force

Shyft Network is adding Huobi, Bitfinex and Tether to its crypto-focused anti-money laundering platform as the sector ramps up FATF compliance efforts.

Shyft Network co-founder Joseph Weinberg

Finance

The Tapscotts Take Their Blockchain Research Institute Into Europe

Blockchain Research Institute (BRI), the consultancy founded by father-and-son tech evangelists Don and Alex Tapscott, has opened a European arm.

Alex (left) and Don Tapscott (Blockchain Research Institute)

Finance

How the Bitcoin Blockchain Is Being Used to Safeguard Nuclear Power Stations

Buenos Aires-based Nuclearis is using the Bitcoin-powered RSK blockchain as an immutable anchor for keeping tabs on critical documents.

Nuclear power (Thomas Millot/Unsplash)

Finance

Meet Torus, the One-Click Blockchain Wallet Trying to Make Web3 as Easy as Chrome

Singapore-based Torus Labs has released a Chrome browser extension for its Torus wallet and added a new product called tKey, a custom version of 2FA.

The Torus team in Singapore (Torus)

Finance

Is This the Blockchain Firm That Will Get Enterprise to Finally Embrace Open Networks?

Concordium, whose CEO is a Volvo board member, is looking to shake up the seemingly glacial world of enterprise blockchain.

Chief Scientific Advisor Jesper Buus Nielsen (in stripes) leads a meeting with the Concordium team. (Concordium)

Finance

How OSL Became the First Crypto Exchange to Win Over Hong Kong Regulators

Crypto hubs like Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan have a clearer regulatory picture going forward and are progressing faster than the U.S. and Europe.

Hong Kong

Finance

'Boring Is the New Exciting': How Baseline Protocol Connected With 600 Corporates

Baseline Protocol, where companies can use the Ethereum public mainnet as a common frame of reference, has released its version 1.0.

Slack lines (Tim Mossholder/Unsplash)