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

Philippine Stock Exchange Wants to Be Site for Crypto Trading: Report

The PSE is awaiting guidelines from regulators.

Philippines flag.

Markets

New Report Places United States at Top of ‘Crypto-Ready’ Countries

The U.S. leads the world in bitcoin ATMs, and the number is growing rapidly.

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Finance

Coinbase Ventures Invests in Mobile Game Developer Bling

Bling’s suite of mobile games allows users to earn small amounts of bitcoin.

The Bling team in 2020.

Finance

CoinFund Leads $2.3M Investment in Esports Startup Trying to Bring Crypto to Gamers

Community Gaming's seed round also drew NFT collector WhaleShark, Multicoin Capital and Kevin Durant's Thirty Five Ventures.

“Community Crypto” on CDTV Clips

Finance

Circle Now Supports USDC Stablecoin on Tron

Tron, which is currently the leading blockchain for Tether’s USDT, is USDC’s fifth network.

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire.

Policy

Cryptocurrencies Are on FinCEN's First 'National Priorities' List

The financial surveillance agency is pointing a finger at crypto in its new plan to combat terrorism financing.

Acting FinCEN Director Michael Mosier said "nothing's been decided" about a controversial data collection rule during Consensus 2021.

Finance

Decentralized Investing Platform Syndicate Raises $800K From 100 Investors

Backers of Syndicate’s community raise include Balaji Srinivasan, Jeremy Allaire, Meltem Demirors and dozens more.

Investors in Syndicate's community round.

Finance

Blockware Raises $25M to Expand Bitcoin Mining Operations in Kentucky

The mining firm will use the funding to buy 14,000 rigs – 8,000 for itself and 6,000 to sell.

Bitcoin mining rigs

Markets

Cream Finance Announces Integration With Polygon

Cream’s users will be able to lend and borrow supported assets.

The Polygon team

Markets

Lawyers for Africrypt’s Missing Founders Say They’ve Been Fired: Report

The Cajee brothers are still missing, along with $3.6 billion in bitcoin.

South African authorities are investigating the disappearance of two men.