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

Q2 Revenue Surges at Travel Booking Platform Travala

The company has been rebounding along with the travel industry as consumers embrace its blockchain travel booking platform.

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Finance

CoinFund, ParaFi Lead $5.2M Seed Round for Liquidity Staking Platform ClayStack

The funding round also attracted investments from Coinbase Ventures and the Solana Foundation.

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Finance

Polychain Leads $21M Round for Retail-Oriented DEX

Shipyard’s Clipper DEX aims to attract retail traders with low trading fees.

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Finance

Polygon Puts Up Prize Money for Esports Tournaments on Community Gaming

The layer 2 solution is putting $10,000 behind a crypto gaming platform that uses its tech.

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Markets

SEC Brings Insider Trading Charges Against Dark Web User 'The Bull'

The 30-year-old Greek man allegedly sold fake insider trading tips on AlphaBay.

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Markets

Swedish National Sentenced to 15 Years in Crypto Fraud Case

Roger Nils-Jonas Karlsson will also have to forfeit a Thai resort and over $16 million in restitution to his victims.

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Finance

Bank of America Creates Team Dedicated to Researching Crypto

America’s second-largest bank is the latest financial institution to wade deeper into crypto.

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Tech

Alchemy Adds Polygon Support for Faster Development on Ethereum's Leading Layer 2

This latest partnership is one of several in Alchemy’s ongoing quest to offer devs access to multiple networks.

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Tech

CryptoKickers Is Bringing NFT Sneakers to the Hypebeasts of the Metaverse

Sole Selector lets users design and mint their own sneaker NFTs on the Solana blockchain.

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Finance

DAO Behind DeFi Pulse Index Raises $7.7M From Galaxy Digital, 1kx

Index Cooperative will use the funding to bring its ETF-like products to other blockchain networks.

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