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

Pye Finance Raises $5M Seed Round Led by Variant and Coinbase Ventures

The platform aims to make locked Solana staking positions tradable via an onchain marketplace.

Scattered pile of $1 bills (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Most Influential: Donald Trump

Without the turnaround of Donald Trump on crypto, the road toward a U.S. governmental embrace of the new technology would likely have been a steeper climb.

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Opinion

Crypto Has Reinvented and Replatformed the Middle Man

For those of us who want to use crypto to make the world better, we need to start calling out this behavior for what it is: short-sighted, selfish, unwelcome greed, says VeChain co-founder Sunny Lu.

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Markets

Bitcoin’s Deep Correction Sets Stage for December Rebound, Says K33 Research

K33 Research says market fear is outweighing fundamentals as bitcoin nears key levels. December could offer an entry point for bold investors.

REX Shares has launched a first-of-its-kind convertible-bonds exchange-traded fund (ETF). (Unsplash)

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Opinion

The Grandma Test: When Your Mom Can Use DePIN, Mass Adoption Has Arrived

Mass adoption doesn't happen when crypto enthusiasts start using the technology: it happens when your grandma does it without even realizing it, argues Uplink co-founder Carlos Lei.

Grandma (Unsplash/CDC/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Stablecoin Adoption Is ‘Exploding' — Here's Why Wall Street Is Going All-In

Alchemy co-founder and president Joe Lau said stablecoin adoption is exploding as banks, fintechs and payment platforms push beyond the USDT/USDC exchange era.

Stablecoin networks (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

The Dollar Is Crumbling. Fiat-Backed Stablecoins Are Next

One possible solution is a new kind of stablecoin whose value is pegged to a real-world, physical stockpile of gold, argues Algoz’ Stephen Wundke.

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Opinion

Why The Market Crashed On October 10, And Why It’s Struggling to Bounce

MSCI’s proposed reclassification and potential index exclusion of Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) companies now looms over the market as a major structural overhang, says Dr. Avtar Sehra, founder and CEO of STBL. This helps explain the lack of a sustained recovery in crypto prices since the October 10th crash.

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Markets

ICP Slides as Breakdown Below $4.00 Triggers Elevated Volatility

Sharp 24-hour decline sends Internet Computer into fresh multi-day lows, with a high-volume support breach defining the session

ICP-USD, Dec. 1 (CoinDesk)

Markets

BONK Slides 9% as Technical Breakdown Overshadows Swiss ETP Debut

A new ETP listing in Switzerland failed to lift BONK as the memecoin fell to fresh cycle lows amid a sharp technical breach of key support.

BONK-USD, Dec. 1 (CoinDesk)