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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Robinhood Reportedly Testing Feature to Protect Crypto Investors From Volatility

The feature was discovered in the code for a beta test version of Robinhood’s iPhone app.

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Senator Warren Urges ‘Coordinated and Holistic’ Response to ‘Dangers’ of Crypto

In her letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Warren cited DeFi, crypto-enabled cyber attacks and unique threats posed by stablecoins as risks to the financial system.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)

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Hedgehog Markets Raises $3.5M in Funding Round

The company is testing what will be the first predictions platform on Solana's blockchain.

Hedgehog is the latest dapp to build on Solana.

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Some of DeFi’s Leading Investors Are Backing a New Options Protocol

Framework Ventures and ParaFi Capital are leading the round in a bid to see if DeFi options trading can finally click.

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Vitalik Buterin Joins Cast of ‘Stoner Cats,’ Mila Kunis’ New Animated NFT Show

Ethereum’s founder will voice a taxidermied cat named Catsington.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin

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Solana Woos Creators With $5M Fund for Artists and Musicians

The Solana Foundation, Audius and Metaplex are trying to get 1,000 creators to start building on Web 3.

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Index Coop, Bankless DAO Team Up to Launch New Crypto Index

The BED token represents an even split of bitcoin, ether and Index Coop’s DeFi Pulse Index.

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Crypto Venture Studio Thesis Raises $21M to Keep Building

ParaFi and Polychain are among the investors funding the firm behind the Fold app, the Keep protocol and an upcoming MetaMask competitor.

Members of the Fold team.

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Robinhood Crypto Expects to Pay $30M Fine to NY State Regulatory Body

Robinhood’s S-1 filings reveal its crypto arm is under fire for inadequate cybersecurity and for breaking anti-money laundering laws.

Robinhood recently filed with the SEC to go public.

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British Man Arrested in Connection With Last Year’s Massive Twitter Hack

Twenty-two-year-old Joseph O’Conner is the fourth person to be arrested in connection with the crypto phishing scheme

Joseph O’Conner was accused of participating in a Twitter cryptocurrency scam.