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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Opinion

GENIUS was just the prologue. Stablecoins represent a platform shift in payments. The stage is set.

Shan Aggarwal says the crypto industry is still underselling how fast and forceful the shift to the stablecoin standard will be, and how quickly AI will accelerate it.

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Markets

Ethereum Surges to New All-Time High Amid Likely September Rate Cut

The token rose to a fresh record on Coinbase on Friday.

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Policy

Head of IRS Crypto Work Exits as U.S. Tax Changes Loom For Digital Assets

Trish Turner, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service veteran running its digital assets effort, is the latest senior official leaving for the private sector.

(Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

While CFTC Awaits New Chairman, Acting Chief Pham Gets Rolling on Crypto

As U.S. President Donald Trump's chairman nominee, Brian Quintenz, remains in a confirmation holding pattern, the CFTC starts another "crypto sprint."

Caroline Pham, acting chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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Policy

U.S. Justice Department Official Says Writing Code Without Bad Intent 'Not a Crime'

Despite this month's trial conviction of Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm, the DOJ signaled to a crypto crowd in Wyoming that it's not chasing developers.

The U.S. Department of Justice grabbed another of the men it alleges moved billions in criminal money at BTC-e.  (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

U.S. Banking Regulator OCC Lifts Enforcement Order From Anchorage Digital

The first U.S.-chartered crypto bank had been resolving the agency's requirements to fix anti-money laundering controls since 2022.

Anchorage Digital CEO Nathan McCauley testifies in the Senate

Markets

Stablecoins, Tokenization Put Pressure on Money Market Funds: Bank of America

Stablecoin demand for Treasuries won’t meaningfully shift T-bill dynamics, but instead poses a bigger challenge to money market funds, the report said.

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Markets

Polygon's POL Falls 6% As Inflation Shock Triggers Heavy Selling

The token’s rejection at $0.26 came amid a broad crypto pullback, with the CoinDesk 20 Index sliding 4% and rate-cut hopes fading.

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Finance

Mysten Labs Taps Ex-Goldman Sachs Crypto Exec Mustafa Al Niama to Lead Capital Markets Push

As Mysten Labs' new capital markets head, Al Niama will focus on tokenization, real-world asset markets, and collateral mobility.

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Tech

The Protocol: OKX Slashes Native Token Supply in Half

Also: ETH Transaction Volume Climbs, Trading Bots Steal $1M From Users, and Babylon Trustless Bitcoin Vaults.

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