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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Policy

Gemini and Genesis Can Be Sued by SEC Over Defunct Earn Product, Judge Rules

The judge found that the SEC’s complaint “plausibly alleges” that the two crypto firms offered and sold unregistered securities via Gemini Earn.

SEC logo (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Policy

Bitcoin Fog Founder Convicted of Money Laundering

35-year-old Russian-Swiss citizen Roman Sterlingov is the latest person tied to a crypto mixing service to face prison time.

D.C. District courthouse (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

The Bitcoin Mining Debate Is Ignoring the People Most Affected

Snowballing misinformation has painted an inaccurate and incomplete portrait of a complicated industry – and that is having a real impact on policy.

Dresden Mayor Bill Hall (Doreen Wang/CoinDesk)

Policy

U.S. Prosecutors Drop Extortion Charges Against Early Adviser to Ethereum Network

Lawyers for Steven Nerayoff say that, on the day of his arrest, their client was put in a van by the FBI, given a list of names and told to start turning over evidence on a long list of crypto figures.

Department of Justice (Shutterstock)

Policy

Ex-Coinbase Product Manager Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Insider Trading

Ishan Wahi was arrested in July 2022 and charged with insider trading for providing his brother with insider information about upcoming crypto listings at Coinbase.

(Chesnot/Getty Images)

Policy

Voyager Digital Plans to Liquidate Assets, Wind Down After Sale Dreams Crushed

Voyager’s creditors will recover an estimated 36% of their assets – a far smaller slice of the pie than they would have received if the platform’s sale to FTX or Binance US went through.

Right after Voyager CEO Stephen Ehrlich received a letter this week from U.S. regulators accusing his company of misleading customers, the FDIC issued a broader warning to banks to not let it happen again. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Finance

Coinbase to Stop Issuing New Loans Via Coinbase Borrow

May 10 is the final day customers will be allowed to take out new loans through the program.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk)

Policy

Ex-OpenSea Exec Convicted of Wire Fraud, Money Laundering in Insider Trading Case

Nate Chastain made approximately $50,000 by buying and trading non-fungible tokens with insider knowledge gained from his position at OpenSea.

(Opensea, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

5 Consensus 2023 Takeaways

CoinDesk editorial team members convened to share their insights on the pivotal topics that will influence the future direction of the crypto industry.

(Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

Chelsea Manning: 'I'm Trying to Put the Cryptography Back in Crypto'

The whistleblower turned security consultant also says the internet's basic infrastructure is not suited to privacy.

Chelsea Manning at Consensus 2023 (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)