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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Markets

Roc-A-Fella Records Sues Co-Founder for Trying to Sell Jay-Z’s Debut Album as an NFT

The suit alleges that Damon Dash does not own "Reasonable Doubt" so he should not be allowed to sell its copyright.

Rapper, songwriter and record executive Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter

Finance

DCG to Buy $50M in Shares of Grayscale’s Ethereum Classic Trust

One analyst interpreted the move as an arbitrage play.

The Grayscale Solana Trust was launched in 2021 as the asset managers 16th product.

Finance

Galaxy Digital Will Provide Liquidity for Goldman Sachs’ Bitcoin Futures Trades

Mike Novogratz’s merchant bank is ramping up its involvement with Wall Street's biggest names.

Michael Novogratz

Markets

Want to Own a Piece of CNN’s News History? There’s an NFT for That

The cable news network is launching an NFT collection on the Flow blockchain, and buyers can pay with fiat.

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Policy

Bank of England: Any UK CBDC Will Be 'Tens of Thousands' Times More Efficient Than Bitcoin

The fintech lead at U.K.’s central bank urged eco-conscious citizens not to “throw the blockchain baby out with the bitcoin bathwater.”

Bank of England

Markets

SEC Charges 3 More in $30M ICO Fraud Case

The new charges come 18 months after the SEC first brought charges against ex-con Boaz Manor and his business associate, Edith Pardo.

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Policy

Crypto Lawyers Andrew Hinkes, Justin Wales Join Fintech Practice at Miami’s K&L Gates

The two are making the jump after a combined 11 years at Carlton Fields, a smaller law firm.

Crypto lawyer Andrew Hinkes

Finance

Mark Cuban Invests in Decentralized Data Marketplace dClimate

The billionaire investor is going deeper down the blockchain rabbit hole.

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Markets

Most Fund Managers Say Bitcoin Still in a Bubble: Bank of America Survey

The results are up six percentage points from last month’s data, indicating sentiment on Wall Street has turned more bearish.

Did someone say "bubble?"

Markets

World Wide Web Source Code Gets NFT Treatment With Sotheby's Auction

Web creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee says NFTs are “the most appropriate means of ownership that exists.”

Sir Tim Berners-Lee will auction off some of the internet's source code as an NFT for charity.