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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Markets

ICP Breaks Below Key Support as Volume Surges at Resistance Test

Heavy trading activity during a failed rebound attempt pushed ICP into a tighter consolidation zone below $4.95, reinforcing short-term downside risk.

ICP-USD, Nov. 20 (CoinDesk)

Finance

The Rise of Crypto Treasuries: How One Bet Sparked a Corporate Shift

Michael Saylor’s 2020 move turned idle cash into crypto. Now, firms from healthcare to tech are following the playbook, with mixed results.

Strategy Executive Chaiman Michael Saylor (Gage Skidmore / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Samourai Wallet Co-Founder Bill Hill Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Unlicensed Money Transmitting

The 67-year-old Hill’s recent autism diagnosis, as well as his advanced age, seemed to serve as mitigating factors for the sentencing judge.

samurai and money - illustration for Samourai Wallet

Opinion

AI Agents Need Identity and Zero-Knowledge Proofs Are the Solution

ZKPs could become the backbone of a new era of trusted AI and digital identity, giving individuals and organizations a way to interact safely and transparently across platforms and borders, argues Evin McMullen, CEO and co-founder of Billions Network.

Robots (Unsplash/Sumaid pal Singh Bakshi/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Markets

Kraken Scores $800M Raise Backed by $200M Citadel Securities Investment

The funding, which values Kraken at $20B, accelerates plans to integrate traditional markets with crypto infrastructure across multiple regions.

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Markets

Canary Likely to Hit Pause on New ETF Filings After Launching XRP

The firm’s CEO says it has ‘filed everything that falls under the generic listing standards’ as SEC approval barriers remain high.

Valkyrie CIO Steven McClurg speaks at Bitcoin Miami 2022. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Wall Street Is Bought In on Crypto’s Upside Potential, But Not Its Tech

Despite record levels of institutional investment, most Wall Street firms are still trading off-chain, says Annabelle Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Altius Labs.

Wall street signs, traffic light, New York City

Opinion

Long DATs, Short Futures: A New Wrinkle On The Basis Trade

As regulated futures proliferate across alts, the “long DAT, short futures” trade could become an ideal way for Wall Street to capture crypto yield without touching a wallet or suffering from the intense volatility that defines crypto as an asset class, argues CoinFund’s Chris Perkins.

A trader in front of screens. (sergeitokmakov/Pixabay/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Markets

SUI Surges 7% to Break Key Resistance as Broader Market Slips

Low trading volume suggests ‘targeted accumulation’ by whales or institutional players as SUI defies the CD5 index.

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Opinion

Stop Chasing DeFi Yields and Start Doing the Math

The DeFi industry has trained everyone to optimize for headline APY numbers while burying the costs that determine your returns, argues Blueprint Finance CEO Nic Roberts-Huntley

Piggy banks (Unsplash/Insung Yoon/Modified by CoinDesk)