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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'WordPress of Blockchain' Startup Seeks to Solve Enterprise Pain Points
Elemential, which is based in Mumbai, India, seeks to remove the pain of “blockchain administration."
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Blockchain Slump? Banks May Be Fatigued But Insurers Are Pumped
Giving progress reports on their blockchain projects, bankers come across browbeaten and anxious, while their cousins in insurance sound spritely.
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Insurance Giant Allianz Is Testing a Token to Move Money Internally
Allianz is testing a blockchain token to move money between its global affiliates.
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Enterprise Ethereum Alliance Pledges 2018 Blockchain Standards Release
The 450-plus member Enterprise Ethereum Alliance is set to release its common blockchain standards for business users before the end of 2018.
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Ideas Abound for Business Blockchains, But Who's Going to Pay?
With fatigue for trials setting in, business blockchain builders are talking creatively about how to handle the costs of distributed ledger networks.
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Energy Giant BP Says It's Tested 'Internal' Tokens
British Petroleum would consider partnering with startups that conduct initial coin offerings.
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IBM-Backed Blockchain Trial Takes Aim at Advertising's Middlemen
Working with IBM and Salon, AdLedger is launching a proof-of-concept to show how ad spend can be managed more transparently on a private blockchain.
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Beyond Banking: R3's Expanding Vision for Global Blockchain
R3 is now proposing that its DLT platform, known as Corda, could link together a wide range of businesses, not just financial ones, across the globe.
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Bank-Backed Hyperledger Is Slowly Opening to ICOs
Amidst a broad uptick in interest in crypto tokens, a technology platform built by some of the world's biggest enterprises is adapting to the trend.
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Waking Dragon? Asia's Token Economy Is Charging Full Speed Ahead
At the Token 2049 conference in Hong Kong, Asia's vibrant market for cryptocurrencies and ICOs took the spotlight.
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