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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Developer of ‘Mutant Ape Planet’ NFTs Arrested, Charged With Fraud for Alleged $2.9M Rug Pull

Twenty-four-year-old French citizen Aurelian Michel has been charged with fraud for his role in the alleged scheme.

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Sam Bankman-Fried Pleads Not Guilty to Fraud, Conspiracy Charges

The presiding judge in the case set a target date for the trial to begin in early October.

Sam Bankman-Fried after his first hearing in the U.S. in late December (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

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FTX’s International Customers Lawyer Up, Ask Judge to Rule That Customer Assets Aren't Property of FTX Estate

The ad-hoc committee of FTX.com’s non-U.S. customers so far has 18 members with a collective $1.94 billion locked on the platform.

Sam Bankman-Fried, fundador de FTX, vuelve a los tribunales en las Bahamas. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Justice Department Launches Criminal Probe Into $400M FTX Hack: Bloomberg

Experts have suggested the digital fingerprints left by the alleged hacker points to an inside job.

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Sam Bankman-Fried to be Extradited to the US

The former CEO of collapsed crypto exchange FTX could arrive in New York to face charges as early as Wednesday afternoon.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried returns to court in the Bahamas. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Rechazan el pedido de libertad bajo fianza para Sam Bankman-Fried en las Bahamas

El fundador del exchange FTX fue detenido el lunes.

El ex CEO de FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Denied Bail in the Bahamas

Bankman-Fried was arrested Monday.

El ex CEO de FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Inside Sam Bankman-Fried’s First Bahamas Court Hearing After His Arrest

Bankman-Fried faces extradition to the United States from the Bahamas.

FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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SEC Strikes Back in Grayscale Suit Over GBTC ETF Conversion

The brief, filed last Friday, is the first from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) since the lawsuit was filed in June.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler says he's trying to protect investors. (Evelyn Hockstein-Pool/Getty Images)

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Class-Action Lawsuit Against Sam Bankman-Fried and Celebrity FTX Promoters Gets a New Judge in Miami

The lawsuit is one of many class-action suits filed against FTX in the month since its collapse.

Sam Bankman-Fried and Tom Brady at Crypto Bahamas conference in Nassau in April 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)