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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Policy

Kalshi lays down first lifetime ban for ex-member of Congress George Santos

The prediction market platform banned Santos for manipulation as part of the industry's ongoing efforts to show it's dealing with bad behavior.

Former U.S. Representative George Santos (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Finance

NYSE owner ICE taps tZERO for tokenized securities push, takes stake in firm

The deal adds transfer-agent and settlement infrastructure to ICE's plans for an NYSE-affiliated market for tokenized stocks, tZERO said.

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Finance

Ditching 'digital gold': BPI study suggests everyday Americans prefer control and micro-investing

A new survey suggests some of bitcoin's most familiar sales pitches of changing the world may be poorly suited to a majority of prospective buyers.

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Opinion

Tokenized assets are busier than the data shows

When you strip out what was never mobile, correct for who's holding what and why, add back what works off-contract, the utilization of tokenized assets looks close to 20%, argues Katana’s Matthew Fisher.

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Policy

Kalshi takes legal blow in court ruling confirming state powers over prediction markets

This latest U.S. appeals court ruling sets up a rift between federal courts on event contracts, suggesting the U.S. Supreme Court may need to settle the matter.

Kalshi co-founder and CEO Tarek Mansour (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Tech

Solana vote to double disinflation passes by a hair in dramatic finish

Solana's first network-wide vote went down to the wire, with Kraken and Galaxy-linked validators switching sides before the disinflation proposal narrowly passed.

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Opinion

The Clarity Act slipped to September. Banks are building anyway

But every month without settled rules quietly rewards the walled garden, writes Matter Labs’ Vassilis Tziokas.

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Finance

Ethena looks beyond crypto to squeeze yield from booming equity perpetuals

The issuer of the $4 billion USDe token said it expects real-world asset perpetuals to eclipse crypto derivatives in its backing within 12 to 24 months.

Ethena CEO Guy Young (right) with Aave Labs founder Stani Kulechov (Margaux Nijkerk/ CoinDesk)

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News Analysis

Connecticut's new lawsuit against Kalshi piles on to prediction market legal fight

The courtroom combat across state and federal courts is so far producing roughly split outcomes, suggesting a big job may be coming for the Supreme Court.

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Markets

Ethena surges as buyback vote, VC unlock overhaul boost token outlook

The changes aim to cut investor selling pressure and channel protocol revenue to ENA as Ethena looks to revive USDe growth.

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