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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U.S. Residents Missed as Much as $2.6B in Potential Revenue From Geoblocked Airdrops

The U.S. government lost as much as $1.4 billion in potential tax revenue, a report from Dragonfly found.

Chart showing range of airdrop values, U.S. residents' shares.

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Crypto Asset Manager Bitwise Deploys on DeFi Platform With Maple Finance Partnership

Crypto asset manager and ETF provider Bitwise has made its first allocation into decentralized finance (DeFi) through a partnership with on-chain credit specialist Maple Finance.

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan (Suzanne Cordiero/CoinDesk/Shutterstock)

Finance

Fireblocks Unveils Cyber Security Tools to Help Crypto Handlers Meet Europe’s DORA Rules

Fireblocks’ Cyber and Operational Resilience Compliance Package is designed to help financial institutions and crypto asset services firms.

(Adam Levine/CoinDesk)

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Trading Titan Jump Is Regrouping Its U.S. Crypto Efforts, Insiders Say

After a digital assets pullback in the U.S. over the past two years, Jump is accelerating crypto trading globally and bumping up headcount, people familiar with the matter said.

Jump is regrouping its crypto efforts in U.S. as Trump eases regulations. (amriphoto, Getty Images)

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Crypto Trading Platform BitMEX Is Looking for a Buyer: Sources

BitMEX appointed boutique investment bank Broadhaven late last year to assist with the sales process, according to sources.

Arthur Hayes, CIO, Maelstrom, pictured at CfC St. Moritz 2025 (CfC St. Moritz)

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Bittensor App Gets Hack Risk Cover From Nexus Mutual-Backed Insurance Firm Native

Team Rizzo, which operates Bittensor subnets and validator services, has snagged $25 million in on-chain cover from Native, a digital asset insurance specialist.

Native leaders: In order from left to right, these are James Asaad (Chairman), Dan Ross (CTO) and Ben David (CEO). (Native)

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Delta Blockchain Founder Kavita Gupta Unveils Cross Chain Interoperability Startup

Inclusive Layer aims to abstract away technical friction and create liquidity aggregation between the Ethereum, Solana, Base, Polygon and Arbitrum blockchains.

kavita gupta

Finance

How to Prepare for a Major Compliance Failure Settlement: The OKX Approach

A confidential crisis management document drafted by OKX offers a fascinating insight into how one exchange choreographs its response when news breaks about regulatory failures.

OKX CMO Haider Rafique with McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri before the Singapore Grand Prix on September 1, 2024. (Courtesy: McLaren and OKX)

Finance

OKX Settles U.S. DOJ Charges, Pays Over $500M Penalty and Forfeiture

An OKX subsidiary said it resolved a U.S. DOJ investigation.

OKCoin, Star Xu

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Crypto Custody Firms BitGo and Copper Deliver Off-Exchange Settlement for Deribit

Clients of BitGo and Copper can now trade spot and derivatives on Deribit while assets are secured off-exchange.

Brett Reeves, head of BitGo’s Go Network (BitGo)