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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Markets

Y Combinator, Dragonfly Back Seed Round for Crypto Trading Dashboard Hedgehog

Led by Acorns alums, Hedgehog will use the fresh $1.6 million to build a robo-advisor for cryptocurrency investing.

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Policy

CFTC Commissioner Stump Decries 'Oversimplification' That Crypto Is Either a Security or Commodity

The CFTC has jurisdiction only when looking at futures or other derivatives products, Stump said.

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Markets

SEC Secures Judgments Against 3 in Bitconnect Scam

One individual must pay more than $3 million and hand over a wallet containing 190 bitcoins.

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Finance

Compass Mining Says Chase Shut Down Bank Accounts Without Warning

The accounts held about 7% of the company's cash.

Máquinas de minería de bitcoin (Shutterstock)

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Policy

Crypto Booster Brian Quintenz to Step Down as CFTC Commissioner

Quintenz will leave by Aug. 31.

Outgoing CFTC Commissioner Brian Quintenz

Policy

Coinbase Stockpiles $4.4B in Case of 'Crypto Winter': Report

The crypto exchange increased its reserves from $1.1 billion at the end of 2020.

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Finance

Bitcoin Gets the 'Pokémon GO' Treatment in New Rewards App From Fold

The popular bitcoin rewards startup is using augmented reality (AR) in a bid to make crypto fun for the masses.

Fold's staff in augmented reality.

Policy

Bitcoin Mixing CEO Harmon Pleads Guilty to US Money-Laundering Charge

The case may set a precedent for bitcoin mixing services.

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Tech

‘Like-to-Earn’ NFT Platform RARA Looks to Monetize the Future of Online Engagement

RARA offers a token-powered curation system for separating the wheat from the chaff in the NFT market.

The RARA.social interface

Finance

MobileCoin Raises $66M to Build Out Privacy-Focused Payments Tech

The round, joined by Alameda Research, Coinbase Ventures and others, looks to put MobileCoin in more messaging apps.

The MobileCoin team at a recent "formal day."