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

International Tax Consortium Lists ‘Red Flag Indicators’ of Fraud in NFT Marketplaces

The guidance, which is the first of its kind from the Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement, lists both strong and moderate indicators of fraud.

Hacker attacking internet

Policy

New York Lawmakers Advance Mining Moratorium Bill to Full Assembly

The bill would bar new permits for proof-of-work mining operations in former power plants for two years.

Cryptocurrency mining rigs sit on racks. (James MacDonald/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Policy

New York Man Arrested for Alleged $1.8M Crypto Mining Scam

Authorities say 37-year-old Chet Stojanovich promised to take a customer on 31-hour road trip to see the non-existent mining equipment in Canada – and then abandoned him at the Buffalo airport.

Statue of Themis holding the balance scales. (Oleksandr Berezko/EyeEm via Getty Images)

Finance

Former Ethereum Developer Virgil Griffith Sentenced to 5+ Years in Prison for North Korea Trip

Griffith previously pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate international sanctions for giving a talk at a crypto conference in Pyongyang in 2019.

Former Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate international sanctions. (CoinDesk archives)

Policy

Centre Hires 2 Executives to Oversee Regulation, Operations

Former regulator Linda Jeng will join as Centre’s chief policy and regulatory officer, while former Diem executive Danielle Harold will be the consortium’s chief operations officer.

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire. (CoinDesk screenshot)

Finance

Former Ethereum Developer Virgil Griffith to Be Sentenced in New York Court Tuesday

Griffith, who pleaded guilty last year to one count of conspiracy to violate international sanctions against North Korea, faces up to 6 1/2 years in prison.

Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith speaks at Consensus: Singapore 2018

Policy

GOP Policy Arm Releases Paper Exploring Benefits, Risks of Crypto

The paper signals that Senate Republicans are inching toward a more unified approach to crypto regulation.

U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO), chairman of the Republican Policy Committee. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Policy

FDIC Asks All Banks to Report Crypto Activities

All FDIC-supervised institutions have been asked to provide the federal banking regulator with information about their “crypto-related activities.”

(Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Policy

Deltec, Chainalysis, Robinhood and More Join Crypto Market Integrity Group

A total of 30 companies have joined the Crypto Market Integrity Coalition (CMIC) and signed its pledge to combat market manipulation.

Meerkat (Getty/Jerome Ang Chua)

Finance

Mapping Startup Hivemapper Raises $18M to Give Maps the Web 3 Treatment

Inspired by the success of Helium, Hivemapper will incentivize participation in the network with the distribution of its native HONEY tokens.

The Hivemapper dashcam. (Hivemapper)