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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Markets

Robinhood Crypto Expects to Pay $30M Fine to NY State Regulatory Body

Robinhood’s S-1 filings reveal its crypto arm is under fire for inadequate cybersecurity and for breaking anti-money laundering laws.

Robinhood recently filed with the SEC to go public.

Markets

British Man Arrested in Connection With Last Year’s Massive Twitter Hack

Twenty-two-year-old Joseph O’Conner is the fourth person to be arrested in connection with the crypto phishing scheme

Joseph O’Conner was accused of participating in a Twitter cryptocurrency scam.

Finance

DeFi Derivatives Protocol Vega Raises $43M in CoinList Token Sale

Some 21,000 unique participants took part in the offering.

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Tech

Coinbase’s Bison Trails Adds Developer Tool for Solana Blockchain

The network is now among the 20 or so supported by Bison Trails’ “Query & Transact” product.

Bison Trails CEO Joe Lallouz.

Policy

SEC Charge Mother-Son Duo for Alleged Crypto ‘Supercomputer’ Ponzi Scheme

The agency said the pair raised over $12 million from investors by promising above-average returns.

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Markets

SEC Files Fraud Charges Against Florida Man in Crypto App Scam

Aron Govil of Jacksonville is also being charged with scalping and insider trading in a related case.

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Markets

SoftBank to Invest $75M in Peter Thiel-Backed Crypto Exchange Bullish

The Block.one subsidiary is set to go public via a SPAC merger this year.

PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel.

Finance

Terra Attracts $150M for DeFi Ecosystem Fund

The decentralized stablecoin project is rapidly gaining momentum.

Daniel Shin y Do Kwon, cofundadores de Terra. (Terraform Labs)

Markets

Vitalik Buterin Is Involved in a New Documentary About Ethereum

“Ethereum: The Infinite Garden” is trying to raise 750 ETH through the crypto crowdfunding site Mirror.

Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin and Ethereum Foundation Executive Director Aya Miyaguchi in a still from the upcoming documentary.

Policy

SEC Settles Charges Against Coinschedule Operator for Touting ICOs

But commissioners Elad Roisman and Hester Peirce said the regulator missed the chance to define which touted assets were securities.

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