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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Crypto Holders Disproportionately Favor Trump for U.S. President, New Academic Poll Shows

Donald Trump’s outreach to the crypto community seems to be paying off.

(Phil Hearing/Unsplash)

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Jailed FTX Exec Withdraws His Request to Compel Government to Abide by Plea Deal

Salame agreed to a plea deal in order to get prosecutors to drop their investigation into Michelle Bond, his partner and the mother of his child.

Ryan Salame leaving a New York courthouse on Sept. 7, 2023. (Sam Kessler/CoinDesk)

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Trump Keeps Teasing His New Crypto Project, but Details Remain Scant

There have been hints it will involve DeFi.

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump (Emily Elconin/Getty Images)

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SEC’s Case Against Kraken Will Proceed to Trial, California Judge Rules

The federal regulator sued Kraken in California last year, alleging that the crypto company failed to register with the SEC as a broker, exchange or clearinghouse.

Kraken CEO and former COO David Ripley (Kraken)

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‘My Living Nightmare’: Detained Binance Exec’s Wife Begs for His Immediate Release

Tigran Gambaryan’s family says he can no longer walk and has battled multiple bouts of malaria pneumonia.

Tigran Gambaryan, Binance's head of crime compliance, is one of two executives detained in Nigeria. (Shutterstock/Consensus)

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CluCoin Founder Pleads Guilty to Stealing $1.1M of Investor Funds for Online Gambling

Austin Michael Taylor, 40, of Miami, Florida faces up to 20 years in prison for wire fraud.

Department of Justice (Shutterstock)

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Nearly Half of All Corporate Election Spending in 2024 Cycle Comes from Crypto Companies, Study Finds

Think-tank Public Citizen found that crypto companies have contributed $119 million to crypto-friendly super PACs this election cycle.

U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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'Get Him Home': Binance CEO Urges Nigerian Government to Free Detained Exec

Tigran Gambaryan, a U.S. citizen who works for Binance, has been held in Nigeria since February.

Tigran Gambaryan, Binance's head of crime compliance, is one of two executives detained in Nigeria. (Shutterstock/Consensus)

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New Binance CEO Sees No Need for IPO as He Plots 100-Year Strategy for Crypto Exchange

Richard Teng, who replaced founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao in November, is playing the long game.

Binance CEO Richard Teng speaking to CoinDesk journalists in New York. (Jennifer Sanasie/CoinDesk)

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NY Judge Rejects SEC’s Efforts to Stymie Tron’s Arguments in Ongoing Securities Suit

Lawyers for the Tron Foundation and Justin Sun urged the court to reject the SEC’s “attempt to manufacture a controversy” over an argument in their effort to dismiss the case.

Justin Sun in 2019 (CoinDesk)