Cheyenne Ligon

Cheyenne is a features and opinions editor at CoinDesk. Previously, she covered U.S. policy and regulation, with a focus on court proceedings and crime. She was part of the Gerald Loeb award-winning team that chronicled the downfall of FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried. She has no significant crypto holdings.

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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.

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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.

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Markets

Swiss National Bank Has No Plans for a Digital Currency: Report

The Swiss National Bank tested the feasibility of CBDCs in 2020.

Zug, Switzerland

Markets

Guggenheim’s Scott Minerd Says Bitcoin Could Sink to $15K

In February, the now-bearish Minerd said BTC could climb as high as $600,000.

Scott Minerd, chief investment officer of Guggenheim Partners.