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

Coinbase Stockpiles $4.4B in Case of 'Crypto Winter': Report

The crypto exchange increased its reserves from $1.1 billion at the end of 2020.

Coinbase, Nasdaq, direct listing

Finance

Bitcoin Gets the 'Pokémon GO' Treatment in New Rewards App From Fold

The popular bitcoin rewards startup is using augmented reality (AR) in a bid to make crypto fun for the masses.

Fold's staff in augmented reality.

Policy

Bitcoin Mixing CEO Harmon Pleads Guilty to US Money-Laundering Charge

The case may set a precedent for bitcoin mixing services.

Larry Harmon

Tech

‘Like-to-Earn’ NFT Platform RARA Looks to Monetize the Future of Online Engagement

RARA offers a token-powered curation system for separating the wheat from the chaff in the NFT market.

The RARA.social interface

Finance

MobileCoin Raises $66M to Build Out Privacy-Focused Payments Tech

The round, joined by Alameda Research, Coinbase Ventures and others, looks to put MobileCoin in more messaging apps.

The MobileCoin team at a recent "formal day."

Markets

Dogecoin Foundation Returns With Ethereum's Buterin as Adviser

The foundation hopes to secure a three-year budget in order to hire a small staff to work on dogecoin full-time.

dogecoin

Finance

Ex-Goldman Sachs Traders Raise $4M for DeFi Risk Management Startup

Ondo Finance is looking to attract institutional investors to the world of DeFi lending.

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Finance

TikTok Picks Streaming Service Audius to Power New ‘Sounds’ Library

Artists on Audius will be able to upload original music as “TikTok Sounds.”

TikTok tapped Audius in a small coup for the decentralized streaming service.

Finance

Polygon Merges With Hermez Network in $250M Deal

This is the first complete merger of one blockchain network into another.

Hermez rollup is live on Ethereum's network (Unsplash)