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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Juridique

SEC Charges Unicoin, Top Executives With $100M ‘Massive Securities Fraud’

Unicoin’s CEO announced last month that he’d rejected the SEC’s offer to negotiate a settlement.

Unicoin CEO Alex Konanykhin (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Juridique

NYC Mayor Eric Adams Is Creating a Crypto Advisory Council

"We want to use technology of tomorrow to better serve New Yorkers today," said the mayor at a summit on Tuesday.

NYC Mayor Eric Adams

Juridique

State of Crypto: Consensus Toronto 2025 Reg Highlights

Thousands of crypto folks descended upon Canada to talk shop.

White House

Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

Could Wellness Be an Onramp to Web3? Moonwalk Fitness’ Caitlin Cook Thinks So

In an interview ahead of Consensus 2025 in Toronto, Cook said the fitness app is seeing strong growth in Africa and Southeast Asia.

Moonwalk Fitness Director of Growth Caitlin Cook

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Finance

SEC Is Probing Coinbase Over User Number Misstatement Concern

The investigation began under former SEC Chair Gary Gensler and has continued under the current administration, according to the NYT, which first reported the story.

Coinbase app on a mobile phone screen.

Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

Kevin O’Leary: 'I Want More Regulation, And I Want It Now'

O’Leary predicted that a market structure bill will open the floodgates for institutional investors into crypto: “ ... a trillion dollars will come in ...”

Kevin O'Leary, Chairman of O'Leary Ventures stands to give his keynote address at Consensus 2025 in Toronto

Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

Cantor Fitzgerald Chairman Brandon Lutnick Says He Personally Checked Tether’s Reserves

The 27-year-old was appointed chairman of Cantor Fitzgerald in February, shortly after his father was named Commerce Secretary by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Brandon Lutnick (CoinDesk)

Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

Anchorage Digital CEO Calls 'Bullshit' on Report of DHS Probe

“There is no investigation into us, as is unambiguously clear at this point,” Anchorage Digital CEO Nathan McCauley said on Wednesday at Consensus 2025 in Toronto.

Nathan McCauley, co-founder and CEO of Anchorage Digital at Consensus 2025.

Publicité

Juridique

Trump’s Memecoin, Crypto Stake Make Legislating ‘More Complicated’: Rep. French Hill

The congressman said he thinks getting a stablecoin bill and a market structure bill on President Donald Trump’s desk by the August recess is “still doable.”

Representative French Hill at Consensus

Juridique

New York Mayor Eric Adams to Crypto Industry: Come Build an Empire in NYC

“We’re in the midst of nothing short of a technological revolution,” Adams said at a Monday press briefing. “It’s not the future, it is here and it’s here now.”

New York City Mayor Eric Adams (Getty Images/Spencer Platt)