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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Gold ETF Inflows Hit Three-Year High as PAXG, XAUT Outperform Wider Crypto Market

Gold-backed cryptocurrencies like PAXG and XAUT rose significantly so far this year, mirroring a spike in ETF demand.

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Saylor Teases New Bitcoin Buy After Strategy’s $7.69 Billion Q1 Buying Spree


Strategy paused BTC buys as bitcoin tumbled in Q1, but Saylor signaled additional purchases may be coming.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor in 2021 (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Trump-Linked Crypto Project Buys $775K Worth of SEI as Altcoin Accumulation Continues


World Liberty Financial added SEI to its growing altcoin portfolio as it keeps accumulating and after it denied reports suggesting it sold ETH.

U.S. President Donald Trump on April 7, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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U.S. Tariff Exemptions for Electronics Are ‘Temporary,’ Says Commerce Secretary


Electronics spared from recent tariffs will face new duties aimed at reshoring semiconductor production, Lutnick said.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Dimon Warns of Treasury Market ‘Kerfuffle’ That Could Force Fed to Intervene


The JPMorgan CEO says rigid banking rules may trigger a Treasury market freeze, echoing 2020’s turmoil that was followed by BTC's price rise.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Policy

Judge Rules Against Most of DCG’s Motion to Dismiss NYAG’s Civil Securities Fraud Suit

The judge agreed to toss out two of the claims against DCG, its CEO Barry Silbert and Michael Moro, the former CEO of Genesis Global Capital, on the grounds that they were duplicative.

NY Attorney General Letitia James (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

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1 in 5 Cross-Chain Crypto Investigations Involve More Than 10 Blockchains, Elliptic Finds

Hopping from chain to chain is a common obfuscation tactic for criminals trying to cover their tracks, Elliptic CTO Jackson Hull said.

Elliptic CTO Jackson Hull (Courtesy of Elliptic)

Policy

Senate Dems Slam DOJ’s Decision to Axe Crypto Unit as a ‘Free Pass’ For Criminals

In a letter to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on Thursday, the six lawmakers urged him to reconsider his recent decision to disband the DOJ’s crypto enforcement squad.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Helium Issuer Nova Labs Agrees to Pay SEC $200K to Settle Allegations It Lied to Investors

As part of the settlement agreement, the SEC agreed to drop its claims that three of Nova Labs’ tokens, including the native HNT token, were securities.

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DOJ Crypto Enforcement Memo Has No Bearing on Do Kwon’s Criminal Case, Prosecutors Say

Prosecutors told a New York judge on Thursday that they don’t plan to change the charges against Kwon in light of the memo.

Terraform Labs co-founder and former CEO Do Kwon is escorted by police in Montenegro in 2024 (Photo by Filip Filipovic/Getty Images)