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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El Salvador's Top Crypto Regulator Meets With U.S. SEC: 'It Was Very Refreshing'

El Salvador’s CNAD met up with the SEC’s Crypto Task Force on April 22.

Juan Carlos Reyes of the National Commission of Digital Assets in El Salvador (CNAD)

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Shaq Inks Deal to Settle With FTX Investors Over Boosting Failed Crypto Exchange

The suit named a host of other celebrity promoters, including baseball player Shohei Otani, comedian Larry David, and model Gisele Bundchen.

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PGI Global Founder Hit With Fraud Charges in Alleged $200M Crypto Ponzi Scheme

According to the SEC, Ramil Palafox misappropriated more than $57 million in customer funds, using it to buy Lamborghinis and luxury products.

Scales of Justice (Getty Images/Caption Photo Gallery)

Markets

TRUMP Coin Jumps 70% on President's Dinner Event for Top Token Holders

The event comes after $300 million worth of TRUMP were unlocked last week, increasing the token's supply.

U.S. President Donald Trump (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Bitcoin Tops $93K as Trump's U.S-China Tariff Optimism Fuels Crypto Rally

Altcoins led by ETH, DOGE, SUI followed BTC higher as Treasury Secretary Bessent's comments on U.S.-China trade boosted risk appetite.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on April 22 (CoinDesk)

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Unicoin CEO Rejects SEC’s Attempt to Settle Enforcement Probe

In a letter to shareholders on Tuesday, Unicoin CEO Alex Konanykhin said the SEC’s investigation has inflicted “multi-billion-dollar damages” on its investors and token holders.

Unicoin CEO Alex Konanykhin (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Crypto Ally Paul Atkins Sworn In to Replace Gary Gensler Atop U.S. SEC

As the new chairman, Atkins takes over a commission already working toward friendly digital assets policies and hosting crypto roundtables.

SEC GOP contingent

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Trump's Official Memecoin Surges Despite Massive $320 Million Unlock in Thin Holiday Trading

Despite the price increase, the token is still down over 88% from its peak and investors have lost a total of $2 billion.

U.S. President Donald Trump (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Slovenia Moves to Tax Crypto Profits at 25%

The tax would apply to profits from selling crypto for fiat currency or goods and services, but not to swapping one cryptocurrency for another.

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Feds Mistakenly Order Estonian HashFlare Fraudsters to Self-Deport Ahead of Sentencing

Ivan Turogin and Sergei Potapenko ran a crypto mining Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors around the world of more than $575 million.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Getty Images/bpperry)