Ian Allison

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. Ian graduated from the University of Edinburgh. He holds ETH.

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Big Time is ready for action (Big Time Studios)
Web3 Adventure Game Big Time Poised to Kickoff Its ‘Player-Owned Economy’
During the last year of beta testing, the crypto and NFT-focused game’s community has grown to over 350,000 people on Discord and over a quarter million on X (formerly Twitter).
Big Time is ready for action (Big Time Studios)
Tether co-founder William Quigley (Magnetic)
Tether Co-Founder Sizes Up PayPal’s Stablecoin Ambitions
Tether pioneer William Quigley, who was also an early investor in PayPal, said he doubts the payments giant will bring much innovation to the stablecoin space.
Tether co-founder William Quigley (Magnetic)
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Deutsche Bank to Delve Into Crypto Custody, Tokenization With Taurus
Deutsche Bank will use Taurus’ custody and tokenization technology to manage cryptocurrencies, tokenized assets and digital assets.
Deutsche Bank logo
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Phishing Attack on Cloud Provider With Fortune 500 Clients Led to $15M Crypto Theft From Fortress Trust
CoinDesk has identified the vendor, previously blamed but not named by Fortress for the theft that helped spur the trust company's deal to sell itself to Ripple.
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Digital Currency Group's Barry Silbert, right (Getty Images)
Beleaguered Gemini Earn Customers Will Be Made ‘Nearly Whole,’ DCG and Genesis Say About Remuneration Plan
A filing on Wednesday states that if the assorted creditor groups vote through the proposed deal, then “Gemini Earn users are estimated to recover approximately 95-110% of their claims.”
Digital Currency Group's Barry Silbert, right (Getty Images)
HSBC at Canary Wharf, London (Danny Nelson)
Banking Powerhouse HSBC Working With Crypto Custody Firm Fireblocks: Sources
Fireblocks, which specializes in cryptocurrency safekeeping technologies such as multi-party computation (MPC), already works with BNY Mellon and BNP Paribas.
HSBC at Canary Wharf, London (Danny Nelson)
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Dunhill Family Office Makes Bear Market Bet on Crypto
The family office is investing through its Dunhill Ventures subsidiary into Lichtenstein-regulated VC firm Mocha Ventures.
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Ben Whitby, Qredo’s head of strategic partnerships (Qredo)
Crypto Custody Firm Qredo Integrates Circle’s USDC Stablecoin
The new toolkit allows USDC to be the ultimate gas token on any blockchain.
Ben Whitby, Qredo’s head of strategic partnerships (Qredo)
Finoa founders Chris May (left) and Henrik Gebbing (Finoa)
BaFin-Licensed Crypto Custodian Finoa Will Offer Regulated DeFi
FinoaConnect provides the firm’s 300-plus institutional clients with wallet integration for a curated list of permissioned DeFi and Web3 platforms.
Finoa founders Chris May (left) and Henrik Gebbing (Finoa)
Fireblocks CEO Michael Shaulov (Fireblocks)
Crypto Safekeeping Specialist Fireblocks Introduces Non-Custodial Wallet Service
The move will free up big fintechs from acting as custodians and makes it easier for their end users to access DeFi and other Web3 applications, Fireblocks said.
Fireblocks CEO Michael Shaulov (Fireblocks)