Cheyenne Ligon

Cheyenne is on the news team at CoinDesk, where she focuses on crypto regulation and crime. Cheyenne is originally from Houston, Texas. She studied political science at Tulane University in Louisiana. In December 2021, she graduated from CUNY's Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, where she focused on business and economics reporting. She has no significant crypto holdings.

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Dresden Mayor Bill Hall (Doreen Wang/CoinDesk)

Policy

Regulations

The Bitcoin Mining Debate Is Ignoring the People Most Affected

Snowballing misinformation has painted an inaccurate and incomplete portrait of a complicated industry – and that is having a real impact on policy.

By Cheyenne Ligon Nikhilesh De Doreen Wang

May 23, 2023 at 5:05 p.m. UTC

May 23, 2023

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CDCROP: Department of Justice (Shutterstock)

Policy

Regulations

U.S. Prosecutors Drop Extortion Charges Against Early Adviser to Ethereum Network

Lawyers for Steven Nerayoff say that, on the day of his arrest, their client was put in a van by the FBI, given a list of names and told to start turning over evidence on a long list of crypto figures.

By Cheyenne Ligon

May 15, 2023 at 7:14 p.m. UTC

May 15, 2023

RegulationsEtherButerinFBIDOJEthereum

Negocios

Spanish

Ex gerente de producto de Coinbase condenado a dos años de prisión por uso de información privilegiada

Ishan Wahi fue arrestado en julio de 2022 y acusado de proveer información privilegiada a su hermano sobre las próximas cotizaciones de criptomonedas en Coinbase.

By Cheyenne Ligon

May 9, 2023 at 6:53 p.m. UTC

May 9, 2023

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CDCROP: Coinbase Cryptocurrency Exchange Website (Chesnot/Getty Images)

Policy

Regulations

Ex-Coinbase Product Manager Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Insider Trading

Ishan Wahi was arrested in July 2022 and charged with insider trading for providing his brother with insider information about upcoming crypto listings at Coinbase.

By Cheyenne Ligon

May 9, 2023 at 4:06 p.m. UTC

May 9, 2023

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CDCROP: Stephen Ehrlich, CEO and co-founder of Voyager Digital Ltd. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Policy

Regulations

Voyager Digital Plans to Liquidate Assets, Wind Down After Sale Dreams Crushed

Voyager’s creditors will recover an estimated 36% of their assets – a far smaller slice of the pie than they would have received if the platform’s sale to FTX or Binance US went through.

By Cheyenne Ligon

May 5, 2023 at 9:36 p.m. UTC

May 5, 2023

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Finance

Coinbase

Coinbase to Stop Issuing New Loans Via Coinbase Borrow

May 10 is the final day customers will be allowed to take out new loans through the program.

By Cheyenne Ligon Nikhilesh De

May 4, 2023 at 12:38 a.m. UTC

May 4, 2023

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Policy

Regulations

Ex-OpenSea Exec Convicted of Wire Fraud, Money Laundering in Insider Trading Case

Nate Chastain made approximately $50,000 by buying and trading non-fungible tokens with insider knowledge gained from his position at OpenSea.

By Cheyenne Ligon

May 3, 2023 at 9:15 p.m. UTC

May 3, 2023

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Consensus Magazine

Opinion

5 Consensus 2023 Takeaways

CoinDesk editorial team members convened to share their insights on the pivotal topics that will influence the future direction of the crypto industry.

By Michael J. Casey Nick Baker Ben Schiller Nikhilesh De Amitoj Singh Cheyenne Ligon

Apr 28, 2023 at 9:57 p.m. UTC

Apr 28, 2023

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