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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Finance

Brazil’s Largest Private Asset Manager Itaú Launches Crypto-Focused Division

The new unit, led by former Hashdex executive João Marco Braga da Cunha, will operate within Itaú's multidesk investment structure, which oversees $21.6 billion in assets.

Brazil's flag (Rafaela Biazi/Unsplash)

Markets

Trump-Backed Thumzup to Add 3,500 Dogecoin Mining Rigs With Dogehash Deal

The expansion is expected to come through a pending acquisition of Dogehash, a miner focused on the Scrypt algorithm that secures both Dogecoin and Litecoin.

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Tech

World Liberty Financial Blacklists Justin Sun's Address With $107M WLFI

Sun is a key investor in the project and holds around $700 million worth of WLFI tokens, mostly vested.

World Liberty Financial's Zak Folkman (Right) at Consensus Hong Kong on Feb. 19. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Clarity Is Eating the World

The winners of the next decade will not be those who move fast and break things, says Chris Brummer, Georgetown law professor and CEO of Bluprynt. Instead, the winners will be those who move smart and build things that last.

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Opinion

The CLARITY Act Defined 'Mature' Blockchains. Here’s What It Missed.

Decentralization is not enough to determine whether a blockchain is truly mature, argues Algorand’s Chief Strategy Officer Marc Vanlerberghe.

Photo by Shubham Dhage/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk

Tech

Silent Data Becomes First Privacy-Focused Layer 2 to Join Ethereum’s Superchain

The project is one of over 30 layer-2 networks working to scale Ethereum.

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Policy

State of Crypto: Unsettled U.S. Crypto Tax Scene

As Congress still struggles to work out a crypto tax approach in the U.S., the experts handling digital assets at the IRS are heading for the exits.

IRS (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Tech

‘Crypto’s Flash Boys’: A Q&A With Austin Federa on DoubleZero

DoubleZero was first announced in December 2024 as a blockchain layer intended to be faster than the internet. Since then, nearly 12.5% of SOL staked is operating on the DoubleZero testnet.

Austin Federa

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Finance

Pump.fun Buybacks Fuel PUMP Token Revival Amid Broader Crypto Downturn

Despite a cooling crypto market, Pump.fun’s aggressive strategy of deploying platform revenue to repurchase its native token has driven a 17% weekly gain.

Pump.fun buybacks (Dune)

Tech

Ethereum Foundation Targets Interoperability as Top UX Priority

The initiative marks a strategic pivot: after years spent scaling throughput and lowering costs, the protocol team is now zeroing in on interoperability as the key to user experience.

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