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

World Wide Web Source Code Gets NFT Treatment With Sotheby's Auction

Web creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee says NFTs are “the most appropriate means of ownership that exists.”

Sir Tim Berners-Lee will auction off some of the internet's source code as an NFT for charity.

Policy

Tunisian Finance Minister Says Bitcoin Ownership Should Be Decriminalized

The arrest of a local teenager has prompted the country to rethink its crypto policy.

The headquarters of the Tunisian central bank, Tunis.

Finance

Yearn’s Cronje Backs $10M Funding Round for DeFi’s Instadapp

The India-based startup will use the funding to continue developing a “middleware” layer for the DeFi ecosystem.

Instadapp co-founders Sowmay Jain and Samyak Jain in a photo from 2019.

Policy

Texas State Regulator Greenlights Banks to Custody Crypto

A June 10 notice from the Texas Department of Banking told state-chartered banks they can work with crypto companies.

Texas' state bank regulator said existing regulations allow its chartered institutions to provide crypto custody services.

Finance

Crypto Exchange Apifiny Hires New President, Inches Towards Public Listing

The “exchange of exchanges” has hired a new CFO to help take the company public.

Apifiny's employees in a photo from 2020.

Tech

Pantera, Arrington Back $5.8M Round for Unbound's Cross-Chain DeFi Stablecoin

The project's UND token interacts with AMMs like Uniswap and PancakeSwap.

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Finance

Coinbase COIN Stock Hit With ‘Underperform’ Rating by Investment Bank Raymond James

According to Raymond James' definition, this stock will underperform its sector and should be sold.

Coinbase, Nasdaq, direct listing

Finance

BlockTower Capital Buys ‘Market-Neutral’ Crypto Hedge Fund Gamma Point

BlockTower CEO Matt Goetz said the deal will help attract institutional investment – even in a bear market.

BlockTower co-founder Ari Paul

Markets

Coinseed Shuts Down Following Lawsuit, Slams NYAG Letitia James

The company’s website now advertises an airdrop of the “F***LetitaJames” token.

New York state Attorney General Letitia James (CoinDesk archives)