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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U.S. Government Removes Tornado Cash Sanctions

Tornado Cash was sanctioned multiple times over allegations of helping Lazarus Group launder funds.

The seal of the U.S. Treasury Department.

Policy

Proof-of-Work Crypto Mining Doesn’t Trigger Securities Laws, SEC Says

In a staff statement published Thursday, the SEC said that both solo mining and mining pool operations would fail the first prong of the Howey Test.

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Gotbit Founder Aleksei Andriunin Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud, Market Manipulation

Prosecutors are recommending that Andriunin, 26, spends no more than 24 months in a U.S. prison.

Alexey Andryunin

Policy

U.S. Senate Takes First Big Step to Advance Stablecoin Bill

The first committee approval of a stablecoin bill in this new congressional session now moves the so-called GENIUS Act toward the Senate floor.

Senator Tim Scott (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Garantex Operator Aleksej Besciokov Arrested in India: Report

Besciokov is charged with money laundering conspiracy, conspiracy to violate sanctions and conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business.

Aleksej Besciokov (U.S. Secret Service)

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XRP Token Rises After Report That Ripple's Close to Wrapping Up SEC Case

XRP rose 3% in the last hour.

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Policy

Trump's Crypto Summit Sets Agenda for U.S. Pivot

After ordering a bitcoin reserve, the president ushered crypto CEOs into the White House today to tell them their era of U.S. government resistance to crypto is over.

Donald Trump speaking at the White House crypto summit. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Sanctioned Russian Crypto Exchange Garantex Seized, Operators Charged With Money Laundering

Garantex was sanctioned in 2022 for facilitating money laundering for ransomware actors and darknet markets.

Moscow (Photo by Frédéric Soltan/Corbis via Getty Images)

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ADA, XRP, SOL Plunge as White House Backpedals on Trump's Crypto Reserve Plan

An official said Trump was "just giving five examples" of cryptocurrencies that could theoretically be in a crypto stockpile.

White House (Suzy Brooks/Unsplash)

Policy

SBF Pardon Plea Tour Continues With Tucker Carlson Podcast Appearance

The former CEO of FTX claimed that he had a better relationship with the Republican Party in the lead-up to his exchange's downfall.

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)