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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Unpacking the Latest Bitcoin ETF Rejections

Grayscale and Bitwise saw their bitcoin ETF applications rejected. Have we learned anything new?

SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Evelyn Hockstein-Pool/Getty Images)

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Ethics Watchdog Bars US Government Employees From Writing Crypto Policy if Invested

A new legal advisory from the Office of Government Ethics bars federal workers who own crypto from working on policies that could influence the value of their digital assets.

White House (Suzy Brooks/Unsplash)

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‘Crypto: The Musical’ Aims for Broadway

The show is being developed by the creative team behind “Ratatouille – The TikTok Musical.”

Crypto the Musical performance from Consensus 2022 (Suzanne Cordeiro/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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Crypto Fundraising After End of Roe Tepid So Far

Crypto advocates have long touted the technology’s potential to help people fight government oppression and evade surveillance – the post-Roe world offers a great test case.

(David McNew/Getty Images)

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New York Environmental Regulators Deny Greenidge’s Power Plant Permit

Greenidge Generation has been in hot water with environmentalists for its use of fossil fuels to power its bitcoin mining operation on New York’s Seneca Lake.

The Greenidge Generation facility in Dresden, New York. (CoinDesk archives)

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FBI Adds OneCoin Founder Ruja Ignatova to Its Most Wanted List

Ignatova is accused of defrauding investors out of more than $4 billion via a crypto Ponzi scheme.

Ruja Ignatova (OneCoin Corporation)

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Coinbase Is Reportedly Selling Geolocation Data to ICE

Watchdog group Tech Inquiry reported the new details about the three-year contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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North Korean Hacking Group Behind $100M Horizon Bridge Hack: Report

Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic has traced the hack back to the Lazarus Group, a state-sponsored North Korean hacking organization.

(Eric Lafforgue/Art In All Of Us/Corbis via Getty Images)

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US Infrastructure Law’s Reporting Requirements for Crypto Brokers Likely to Face Delay

The provision would require brokers to collect detailed information on their customers and their trades.

Delays are likely finalizing crypto reporting requirements in President Joe Biden's infrastructure law. (Getty Images)

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Ontario Securities Commission Slaps Bybit and KuCoin With Penalties

The Canadian regulator said the two exchanges were selling unregistered securities to Ontario residents.

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