Cheyenne Ligon

On the news team at CoinDesk, Cheyenne focuses on crypto regulation and crime. Cheyenne is originally from Houston, Texas. She studied political science at Tulane University in Louisiana. In December 2021, she graduated from CUNY's Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, where she focused on business and economics reporting. She has no significant crypto holdings.

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SEC Asks NY Court to Deny Coinbase’s ‘Breathtakingly Broad’ Subpoena Request

The regulatory agency has taken umbrage with Coinbase’s attempt to subpoena SEC Chair Gary Gensler’s personal emails.

Coinbase CEO Brian Amstrong and SEC Chair Gary Gensler

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Montenegro to Extradite Do Kwon to South Korea, Rejecting U.S. Request

Kwon has been in custody in the Balkan country since March 2023, when he was arrested for using a fake passport en route to Dubai.

Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon (CoinDesk TV)

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Does the SEC Really Have Jurisdiction Over NFT Art? Two Artists Sue SEC to Get an Answer

The SEC’s approach towards NFTs, plaintiffs argue, “has the potential to bleed into the traditional art and collectibles markets in an unprecedented and boundless manner.”

Lejilex v. SEC is a classic case of “impact litigation.”(Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk, modified)

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BitClout Founder Charged With Wire Fraud, Civil Securities Charge

Nader Al-Naji was arrested on Saturday and faces both civil and criminal charges.

BitClout founder Nader Al-Naji (CoinDesk)

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Jersey City to Invest in Bitcoin ETFs, the Latest Pension to Dive Into Crypto

“The question on whether Crypto/Bitcoin is here to stay is largely over + crypto/Bitcoin won,” said Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop in a tweet.

Jersey City, New Jersey (Zoshua Colah/Unsplash)

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2 Promoters of Forcount Crypto Ponzi Scheme Plead Guilty to Wire Fraud Conspiracy

Promoters of the Brazil-based crypto scam stole a collective $8.4 million from Spanish-speaking investors around the world.

Crime (niu niu / Unsplash)

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Trump Says He’ll Release Fourth NFT Collection: 'The People Want Me to Do Another One'

Trump’s presidential campaign has raised about $3 million in crypto, mostly bitcoin and ether.

Former President Donald Trump (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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After Court Order, Craig Wright Updates Website With Admission He Is Not Bitcoin Creator Satoshi

A U.K. court ruled earlier this year that Wright was not the inventor of bitcoin and had lied “extensively and repeatedly” and forged documents in his attempt to convince the world otherwise.

COPA vs Craig Wright trial just completed its second week (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

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Bitcoin Miner Northern Data Moves to Dismiss Ex-Employees’ Whistleblower Suit

In a new court filing, lawyers for Northern Data called the suit a “textbook example of bad faith litigation.”

Bitcoin mining machines (Michal Bednarek/Shutterstock)

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Detained Binance Exec Tigran Gambaryan Wheeled into Nigerian Court as Health Deteriorates

Gambaryan reportedly has a herniated disc in his back, leaving him in severe pain and “hardly able to walk.”

Tigran Gambaryan, Binance's head of crime compliance, is one of two executives detained in Nigeria. (Shutterstock/Consensus)