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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Finanzen

SecondFi loses $2.4 million in Cardano wallet exploit

SecondFi was hit by three separate attacks exploiting a flaw in its wallet generation software. A further 129 million ADA was secured by the team before attackers could reach it.

Hacker sitting in a room (Clint Patterson/Unsplash)

Richtlinien

Trump's refusal to sign housing bill could delay Congress and imperil Clarity Act

As Congress prepared to celebrate the president's signing of the bipartisan housing bill that contains a CBDC prohibition, Trump abruptly cancelled the event.

U.S. President Donald Trump on June 22, 2026 (Getty Images/Andrew Harnik)

Richtlinien

Ex-FCA policy insider explains the ‘great divide’ in the UK’s crypto ambition

Former FCA policymaker and Hedera Global Policy VP, Isadora Arredondo says there is a gap between the U.K.'s crypto ambitions and how policy is carried out in practice.

Isadora Arredondo. Hedera (Isadora Arredondo)

Meinung

The banking lobby is wrong about stablecoins and community banks

Congress should not kneecap one of the clearest advances in payment infrastructure to protect community banks from a threat that has not been proven, argues Eco CEO Ryne Saxe.

The U.S. Capitol Building (Getty Images/Omar Chatriwala)

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Märkte

Gold, silver and bitcoin tumble as 'debasement' trade unwinds

Precious metals have fallen sharply from their 2025 highs as markets price in Fed rate hikes.

Silver (TradingView)

Märkte

Meta is developing a prediction market app called ‘Arena’ as sector booms: NYT

The app would let users forecast future events using a points-based system rather than cash wagers, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.

Mark Zuckerberg in 2025 (Getty Images/Craig T Fruchtman)

Märkte

BNY sees 'FOMO' driving asset managers into tokenized funds

Fund issuers are exploring blockchain-based ETFs amid fears of missing an early foothold in tokenized finance.

BNY office (BNY/Press)

Technologie

Ethereum Foundation cuts 20% of staff amid leadership exodus

The reduction follows a period of significant upheaval at the organization’s leadership level.

Graphic showing ethereum symbol on a grid with screens. (Ethereum)

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Finanzen

Former Robinhood Crypto COO Tanya Denisova joins stablecoin issuer Agora as head of operations

The former Robinhood Crypto executive will oversee operations as Agora scales its rapidly growing AUSD stablecoin business.

Agora CEO Nick van Eck

Richtlinien

U.S. Senate passes housing bill that carries four-year ban on a Fed CBDC

The idea of a U.S. central bank digital currency — though little more than a research topic at the Federal Reserve — may be getting formally blocked.

U.S. Capitol Building (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)