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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News Analysis

Crypto Staking Doesn't Violate U.S. Securities Law, SEC Says

The SEC's latest staff statement addresses crypto staking, though it noted that it was not binding guidance.

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Policy

Fastex Expands U.S. Presence With Los Angeles Office

In an interview with CoinDesk, Fastex’s chief legal officer said that the crypto regulatory shift under President Donald Trump has made it possible for the exchange to expand in the U.S.

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Markets

Strategy Chair Michael Saylor Shares ‘21 Ways to Wealth’ in Vegas Keynote

“Satoshi started a fire in cyberspace, and while the fearful run from it and fools dance around it, the faithful feed the flame, dreaming of a better world, and bathe in the warm glow of cyberlight,” Saylor said.

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Policy

Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht to Bitcoiners: ‘Freedom is Worth the Struggle’

Ulbright told the crowd a story from his youth about killing wasps in order to illustrate his point that, without unity and decentralization, there is no freedom.

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Policy

Suspects in Manhattan Crypto Kidnapping, Torture Case Plead Not Guilty as Investigation Widens

William Duplessie, 33, and John Woeltz, 37, have been accused of holding a 28-year-old Italian man hostage for over two weeks and torturing him in an attempt to steal his bitcoin.

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Policy

Nigel Farage Vows to Establish BTC Reserve and Pass Pro-Crypto Legislation Once in Government

“We are going to launch, in Britain, a crypto revolution. We’re going to make London one of the major trading centers of the world,” Farage said.

Nigel Farage (Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons)

Policy

Ships Could Pay Panama Canal Transit Fees in Bitcoin and Cut the Line, Panama City Mayor Muses

The mayor of Panama City, Mayer Mizrachi, said the city could potentially establish a bitcoin reserve.

Panama canal (Credit: Alex Pagliuca, Unsplash)

Policy

SEC Task Force Chief Says Crypto Traders Need to be Growups, Not Cry to Government

Hester Peirce, the SEC commissioner who leads its crypto task force, argued for lighter-touch oversight in which crypto investors take responsibility for their losses.

Securities and Exchange Commission's Hester Peirce

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Finance

Wall Street Giant Cantor Fitzgerald to Launch Gold-Backed Bitcoin Fund

"There are still people on the Earth that are still scared of bitcoin, and we want to bring them into this ecosystem," said Brandon Lutnick, chairman of Cantor Fitzgerald.

Brandon Lutnick (CoinDesk)

Policy

Pakistan to Establish a Bitcoin Strategic Reserve, Allocate 2000 Megawatts of Energy for Crypto Mining

The country’s minister of state for blockchain and crypto announced the plans in the U.S. on Wednesday.

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