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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Policy

Bank of England: Any UK CBDC Will Be 'Tens of Thousands' Times More Efficient Than Bitcoin

The fintech lead at U.K.’s central bank urged eco-conscious citizens not to “throw the blockchain baby out with the bitcoin bathwater.”

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Markets

SEC Charges 3 More in $30M ICO Fraud Case

The new charges come 18 months after the SEC first brought charges against ex-con Boaz Manor and his business associate, Edith Pardo.

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Policy

Crypto Lawyers Andrew Hinkes, Justin Wales Join Fintech Practice at Miami’s K&L Gates

The two are making the jump after a combined 11 years at Carlton Fields, a smaller law firm.

Crypto lawyer Andrew Hinkes

Finance

Mark Cuban Invests in Decentralized Data Marketplace dClimate

The billionaire investor is going deeper down the blockchain rabbit hole.

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Markets

Most Fund Managers Say Bitcoin Still in a Bubble: Bank of America Survey

The results are up six percentage points from last month’s data, indicating sentiment on Wall Street has turned more bearish.

Did someone say "bubble?"

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.

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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.