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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Opinion

Blockchain Will Drive the Agent-to-Agent AI Marketplace Boom

For agents to be truly autonomous they need to have access to resources and self-custody their assets: programmable, permissionless, and composable blockchains are the ideal substrate for agents to do so, Olas’ David Minarsch argues.

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Markets

‘Largest Ever’ Crypto Liquidation Event Wipes Out 6,300 Wallets on Hyperliquid

The sell-off erased over $1.23 billion in trader capital on Hyperliquid and $19 billion across the crypto market in a 24 hours.

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Markets

Norwegian Officials Probe Major Polymarket Bets on Nobel Peace Winner

A trader with a new account and no prior betting history placed a $70,000 bet on Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado winning the prize.

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Markets

Gold-Backed Tokens Hold Firm in $19B Crypto Rout, but Rally May Be Near Exhaustion

Gold-backed tokens have been a refuge for crypto investors, with year-to-date gains of over 50%, mirroring gold's historic rally.

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Opinion

On-Chain Investment Funds: Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts

Some on-chain investment funds may arrive packaged as “innovation” but conceal higher costs, weaker protections, or unnecessary complexity, Prometheum’s co-CEO Aaron Kaplan argues.

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Markets

Bitcoin Miners Emerge as Key AI Infrastructure Partners Amid Power Crunch: Bernstein

Miners’ secured grid capacity and high-density sites offer hyperscalers a faster, cheaper path to expand AI data centers as interconnection delays mount.

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Markets

JPMorgan Sees Modest Inflows for Solana ETFs Despite Likely SEC Approval

The bank expects solana exchange-traded funds to attract only a fraction of ether’s inflows.

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Finance

DCG Subsidiary Yuma Taps TradeBlock Founders to Lead Growth in Decentralized AI on Bittensor

Yuma has appointed veteran crypto founders Greg Schvey and Jeff Schvey as its new Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer, respectively.

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Finance

North Korean Hackers Have Stolen Over $2 Billion This Year: Elliptic

North Korea’s crypto theft spree has already hit a record $2 billion in 2025, nearly triple last year’s total.

Lazarus Group, a cybercrime organization run by the North Korean government, may have links to this week's exploit of Euler Finance. (Micha Brandli/Unsplash)

Markets

PEPE Outpaces Memecoin Market as Whales Continue Accumulating

The price jump comes amid growing whale accumulation, with top 100 PEPE addresses on Ethereum adding 4.28% to their holdings in 30 days.

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