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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Alex Mashinsky, Founder and Former CEO of Celsius, Pleads Guilty to Fraud

Mashinsky repeatedly lied to investors about whether the platform was making uncollateralized loans.

Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky at Consensus 2019 (CoinDesk archives)

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Vitalik Buterin Donated $1M in Ether to Coin Center Hours After Tornado Cash Victory

The Ethereum co-founder previously donated 30 ETH to the legal defense fund for Tornado Cash developers Alexey Pertsev and Roman Storm.

Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum co-founder (Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

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Binance Boosts Compliance Staff by 34% Year-Over-Year, Citing Industry’s ‘Rapid Maturation’

The world’s largest crypto exchange is in the process of overhauling its approach to regulatory compliance.

Binance CEO Richard Teng (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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SEC Distributes $4.6M to BitClave Investors

The SEC sued BitClave in 2020, alleging that it violated securities laws in the course of its $25.5 million initial coin offering in 2017.

Former SEC Chairman Jay Clayton (CoinDesk archives)

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California Judge Puts the Kibosh on Kraken’s Interlocutory Appeal Attempt

Kraken asked the judge to allow an appeals court to review his earlier ruling that the SEC had adequately alleged that the cryptocurrencies sold on Kraken’s platform could be securities.

Kraken co-founder Jesse Powell (CoinDesk)

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Only Congress Can Ban Election Betting, Kalshi Tells Appeals Court in New Filing

Kalshi blasted the regulator’s attempt to create a “Goldilocks” definition of gaming that would include elections as “arbitrary, outcome-driven gerrymandering with no basis in the statute," in its ongoing defense against the CFTC's move to ban its prediction markets.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Rostin Behnam

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Detroiters Will Be Able to Pay Their Taxes in Crypto Next Year Using PayPal

Detroit also asked crypto entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas for blockchain-based “civic applications” to the city’s Director of Entrepreneurship and Economic Opportunity, Justin Onwenu.

A large PayPal logo is on display outside its corporate HQ (Shutterstock)

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Former FTX CTO Gary Wang Asks Court for No Jail Time

Sam Bankman-Fried’s one-time friend and college roommate will be the fourth FTX executive to be sentenced.

FTX co-founder Gary Wang, center, near the federal courthouse in Manhattan as he was set to testify again on Oct. 10, 2023 (Victor Chen/CoinDesk)

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Live Updates: Trump Wins 2024 U.S. Presidential Election

Up-to-the-minute coverage on the presidential and congressional races and how they stand to shape crypto legislation and regulation.

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Andreessen Horowitz Donates $23M to Crypto Super Pac Fairshake for 2026 Elections

Fairshake now says it has a $78 million war chest for the upcoming midterm elections.

Chris Dixon of a16z Crypto announces another $25 million in U.S. campaign donations at Consensus 2024. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)