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

The Trader in Me Is Nervous About Fed Rate Cut Talk. Here’s Why: Godbole

Like an athlete who has been on the juice too long, the U.S. economy could start seeing diminishing returns from rate cuts and fiscal spending — and more side effects.

A man using steroids (Getty Images/George Rudy)

Markets

Chainlink Partners With SBI Group to Advance Tokenized Assets, Stablecoins in Japan

Despite the major partnership, LINK declined 5% over the past 24 hours alongside the broader crypto weakness.

"Chainlink Hits Record $24.65 Before Sharp 5% Drop Amidst Soaring Volume and Market Volatility"

Finance

ETHZilla Authorizes $250M Buyback, Expands Ether Treasury to $489M

The company now holds 102,237 ether worth about $489 million.

Nasdaq. (CoinDesk Archives)

Finance

KPMG Says Investor Interest in Digital Assets Will Drive Strong Second Half for Canadian Fintechs

Despite a global investment slowdown, Canadian investors pumped $1.62 billion into fintech companies in the first half of the year — a trend KPMG expects to continue.

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Opinion

GENIUS was just the prologue. Stablecoins represent a platform shift in payments. The stage is set.

Shan Aggarwal says the crypto industry is still underselling how fast and forceful the shift to the stablecoin standard will be, and how quickly AI will accelerate it.

U.S. Capitol Building (Getty Images/Tim Graham)

Markets

Ethereum Surges to New All-Time High Amid Likely September Rate Cut

The token rose to a fresh record on Coinbase on Friday.

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Policy

Head of IRS Crypto Work Exits as U.S. Tax Changes Loom For Digital Assets

Trish Turner, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service veteran running its digital assets effort, is the latest senior official leaving for the private sector.

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Policy

While CFTC Awaits New Chairman, Acting Chief Pham Gets Rolling on Crypto

As U.S. President Donald Trump's chairman nominee, Brian Quintenz, remains in a confirmation holding pattern, the CFTC starts another "crypto sprint."

Caroline Pham, acting chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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Policy

U.S. Justice Department Official Says Writing Code Without Bad Intent 'Not a Crime'

Despite this month's trial conviction of Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm, the DOJ signaled to a crypto crowd in Wyoming that it's not chasing developers.

The U.S. Department of Justice grabbed another of the men it alleges moved billions in criminal money at BTC-e.  (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

U.S. Banking Regulator OCC Lifts Enforcement Order From Anchorage Digital

The first U.S.-chartered crypto bank had been resolving the agency's requirements to fix anti-money laundering controls since 2022.

Anchorage Digital CEO Nathan McCauley testifies in the Senate