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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NYC Mayor Eric Adams Calls for the End of NYDFS' BitLicense, Proposes 'BitBond'

Speaking at Bitcoin 2025 in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Adams said getting rid of the BitLicense will "allow us to have the free flow of Bitcoin in our city."

Eric Adams (Credit: Nikhilesh De)

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JD Vance Calls Crypto Market Structure Bill a ‘Priority’ for Trump Administration

The U.S. Vice President said the administration has a “once in a generation opportunity to unleash innovation” by creating regulations for the crypto industry.

U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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Donald Trump Jr. Says Getting ‘Debanked, De-Insured, De-Everything’ Orange-Pilled Him

The eldest son of U.S. President Donald Trump said his family’s interest in crypto was, at least at first, “a product of necessity.”

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Sen. Lummis on Push for Stablecoin Bill: ‘I Had No Idea How Hard This Was Going to Be’

The Wyoming Republican said she’s concerned the Senate Banking Committee has lost the “muscle memory” needed to actually legislate.

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Steak n’ Shake COO Says Bitcoin Payments Cut Processing Fees in Half

The American fast-food chain started accepting bitcoin payments earlier this month. Next step: robo taxies, cyber chefs, and drones.

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MARA’s Fred Thiel Says U.S. Should Start Mining Bitcoin to Fill Strategic Reserve

“I think it’s critical, the U.S. making a statement that we’re going to have a strategic reserve is an empty statement unless you start putting stuff into it," he said.

MARA Holdings CEO Fred Thiel, at the Bitcoin conference in Miami (CoinDesk)

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Democrats Threaten Lawsuits, Join Protests Ahead of Trump Memecoin Dinner

Democratic lawmakers went through a flurry of actions to highlight concerns that Donald Trump's memecoin dinner is "corrupt."

Donald Trump (Tom Brenner For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

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Amalgam Founder Charged With Running ‘Sham Blockchain’, Taking $1M From Investors

Jeremy Jordan-Jones lied to investors about Amalgam’s purported partnerships with sports teams including the Golden State Warriors, according to prosecutors.

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NY Prosecutors: FinCEN Opinion on Samourai Wallet 'Irrelevant’ in Roman Storm Case

Storm’s lawyers asked the court to order prosecutors to turn over any potentially helpful evidence in their case against the developer.

Tornado Cash's Roman Storm, second from left, and his legal team – Brian Klein (left), Keri Axel and Kevin Casey – outside court in New York. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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U.S. CFTC's Johnson Says She'll Also Exit, Leaving an Empty House for Incoming Chair

The last of the sitting commissioners for the U.S. regulator that may get top oversight duties over crypto is leaving along with all of her colleagues.

Kristin N. Johnson, commissioner of Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CoinDesk)