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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Finance

Miami HEAT Arena Balks at FTX Naming Rights, Ending 19-Year Deal Early

Photos on social media already purport to show the bankrupt crypto exchange’s logo being removed from the arena.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Bankrupt Crypto Lender Voyager Reopens Bidding Process Following FTX’s Collapse

Voyager also acknowledged Friday it has a $3 million balance currently locked up on FTX.

Voyager's bankrupcy has left creditors in the lurch. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

White House Says FTX Crash ‘Underscores’ Crypto Concerns

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters that the Biden administration is aware of FTX’s ongoing problems and will continue to monitor the situation.

The White House, the executive office of the U.S. President (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

FTX US Resigns From the Crypto Council for Innovation

The U.S. subsidiary of failing crypto exchange FTX has resigned from the prominent crypto trade association.

Sam Bankman-Fried (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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Finance

FTX Website Experiences Temporary Outage, Warns Users Not to Make Deposits

While the FTX US website remains operational, FTX.com is experiencing widespread outages.

Twitter Spaces: FTX – 1) What

Finance

Alameda Research, FTX Ventures Websites Go Dark

The websites were either taken down or made private only a day after news broke that Binance had signed a letter of intent to purchase its cash-strapped rival exchange.

Former CEO of FTX Sam Bankman-Fried (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Finance

Sam Bankman-Fried ya no es billonario tras perder US$14.600M de la noche a la mañana

El CEO de FTX perdió aproximadamente US$14.600 millones, casi el 94% de su riqueza total, según el Índice de Multimillonarios de Bloomberg.

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

Policy

Midterm Elections 2022: Crypto Live Blog

CoinDesk reporters track the 2022 election.

U.S. Capitol Building (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

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Finance

'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli to LUNA's Do Kwon: 'Jail Is Not That Bad'

The crypto villians discussed the impending FTX-Binance deal on the UpOnly podcast on Tuesday.

Martin Shkreli and Do Kwon discuss FTX insolvency fallout on UpOnly podcast livestream. (UpOnly)

Policy

FTX, Binance Deal Draws Antitrust Concern

Regulators have tough powers to stop mergers that quash competition

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao (CoinDesk)