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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BlockFi Has $355M in Crypto Frozen on FTX, Attorney Confirms

Kirkland & Ellis Partner Joshua Sussberg announced the figure during BlockFi’s first bankruptcy hearing.

Zac Prince, CEO de BlockFi, en Consensus 2019. (CoinDesk)

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US Senators Demand Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX Execs Be Held Accountable to 'Fullest Extent of the Law’

Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said in a Wednesday letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland they want Sam Bankman-Fried and others investigated.

Senator Elizabeth Warren (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

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FTX Bankruptcy Judge Says Creditor Information Can Be Redacted – at Least for Now

John Dorsey said Tuesday that he wants to ensure FTX’s individual creditors are protected from cyber threats.

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Lawyers Detail the ‘Abrupt and Difficult’ Collapse of FTX in First Bankruptcy Hearing

FTX’s lawyers say former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried ran the exchange like his own “personal fiefdom,” allowing executives to use customer funds to purchase luxury real estate.

(Leon Neal/Getty Images)

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CFTC Bypassed Legal Requirement in Trying to Serve Ooki DAO, Crypto Supporters Claim

Andreessen Horowitz, LexPunK and the DeFi Education Fund filed their responses to the CFTC.

(Mark Van Scyoc/Shutterstock)

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Two Estonian Citizens Charged With Running a Series of Crypto Scams Totaling $575M

According to the Department of Justice, the two men used shell companies to launder the proceeds of their fraudulent schemes and buy luxury cars and real estate in Estonia.

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Sam Bankman-Fried Switches Legal Counsel as Investigations Into FTX Collapse Mount: Report

White-shoe law firm Paul Weiss is reportedly out – and SBF’s dad’s co-worker is in.

Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO, FTX and Christine Lee, Lead Anchor, CoinDesk at Consensus 2022 (Suzanne Cordiero/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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US Senators Warren, Durbin Probe FTX Collapse

The Democratic senators sent letters to both FTX’s current and former CEO demanding answers about what went wrong at the bankrupt exchange – which they say “appears to be an appalling case of greed and deception.”

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FTX Employees Were Encouraged to Keep Life Savings in the Now-Bankrupt Exchange, Sources Say

Sources told CoinDesk that FTX was used as a bank by many of its employees. Now, their money is probably gone.

FTX's collapse is having ripple effects across the crypto universe. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

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Bahamian Liquidators Say FTX Wasn’t Authorized to File for Bankruptcy in the US

Despite the company’s convoluted corporate structure, Bahamas-based lawyers say everything falls under the “FTX Digital Markets” umbrella – a Bahamian entity, subject to Bahamian law.

(Leon Neal/Getty Images)