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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Finance

Polygon's New Gaming Studio Launches With Cricket NFT Platform

Rario already has a pair of international cricket leagues signed on.

Zaheer Khan of India bats during a match against New Zealand on Feb. 15, 2014.

Finance

Crypto Tax and Accounting Platform Bitwave Raises $7.25M

Blockchain Capital led the firm's seed round as VC bets on crypto tax plays pick up steam.

Bitwave CEO Pat White

Finance

DAOs, VCs Put $6M Behind Governance Startup Tally

If DAOs are basically a "group chat with a bank account," they're going to need more tooling to go mainstream, say Tally's founders.

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Finance

Fintech App Titan Adds Actively Managed Crypto Basket

Titan Crypto will feature a basket of cryptocurrencies including BTC, ETH, XLM and ADA.

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Markets

Venmo Credit Card Holders Can Now Trade Cash Back for Crypto

Customers can choose between bitcoin, ether, litecoin and bitcoin cash.

Venmo is a division of payments company PayPal.

Markets

Human Rights Foundation, Compass Mining Give $80K to Sponsor Bitcoin Developer

Developer Jon Atack will continue to be able to support the code undergirding the Bitcoin network.

Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation speaks at Consensus 2019.

Finance

AMC to Accept Bitcoin for Tickets and Concessions Later This Year

America’s largest theater chain is leaning into crypto but did not specify what technology it would use to accept payments.

AMC Sells 8.5 Million Shares To Investment Group, As Meme Traders Continue Effort To Rally Stock

Markets

Much Wow on a Bun! Oscar Mayer’s Hot Doge Wieners Auction Closes at $15K

The winner also gets the cash value of 20,000 dogecoins.

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Markets

Bundesliga Partners With Topps on First-Ever NFT Collection

The NFT trading cards will feature the German soccer league’s top players, rising stars and highlights from the season.

A player for the Bundesliga's FC Bayern  Munich.

Markets

SEC Charges So-Called DeFi Company for Allegedly Fraudulent $30M Offering

This is the SEC's first securities case involving decentralized finance technology.

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