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

GENIUS Act Lacks ‘Necessary Guardrails’ For Investor Protection, NYAG Letitia James Tells Congress

James suggested Congress require stablecoin issuers to use “digital identity technology” in all stablecoin purchases and transactions in order to protect national security.

New York Attorney General Letitia James (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Policy

Supreme Court Declines to Take Up Coinbase User Data Privacy Case

A lower court’s decision to side with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the long-running case is legally binding.

U.S. Supreme Court (Getty Images/Joe Daniel Price)

Markets

Coinbase Outpaces S&P 500 With 43% June Rise as Stablecoin Narrative Grows: CNBC

The company's stock performance has been boosted by progress on the GENIUS Act, which could increase revenue for Coinbase through stablecoin-related income.

Coinbase (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Markets

Robinhood Launches Micro Bitcoin, Solana and XRP Futures Contracts

The move expands its existing crypto futures offering to its nearly 26 million funded accounts.

A Macbook Pro opened to Robinhood's website. (PiggyBank/Unsplash)

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Markets

Why is XRP Up Today? Trio of Catalysts Sees Token Outperform Wider Crypto Market

XRP's price outperformed the wider crypto market over the launch of micro futures on Robinhood, greater regulatory clarity with the withdrawal of cross-apeals, and more.

Stock trading chart next to watchlist (Tötös Ádám/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Treasury Corp Boosts Holdings to 771 BTC, Plans Lending After $51M Buy

The Toronto-listed firm plans to use its 771 Bitcoin trove for institutional lending.

Money rolled up (Vitaly Taranov/Unsplash)

Policy

Ripple to Drop Cross-Appeal Against SEC, Ending Years-Long Legal Battle With SEC

The decision, announced by Ripple Labs CEO Brad Garlinghouse on Friday, comes shortly after a New York judge blocked the company’s second attempt to settle the case for $50 million.

Brad Garlinghouse (Steve Jennings / Getty Images)

Policy

NY Judge Slaps Down SEC, Ripple’s Second Request for an Indicative Ruling on Proposed $50M Settlement

In a five-page ruling issued Thursday, District Judge Analisa Torres bristled at the parties’ request she dissolve a permanent injunction ordering Ripple to obey the law.

Ripple Labs CEO Brad Garlinghouse (Photo by Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch)

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Tech

Ripple Integrates Wormhole With XRP Ledger to Power Institutional Multichain Moves

Ripple's move supports the development of multichain applications, emphasizing compliance, low cost and fast settlement.

Ripple Labs CTO David Schwartz (Ripple Labs)

Markets

Bitcoin Miner CleanSpark Hits 50 EH/s Hashrate Milestone

The firm has set its sights on 60 EH/s.

ASIC miner (Credit: Shutterstock)