Cheyenne Ligon

On the news team at CoinDesk, Cheyenne 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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Ethereum Developer Virgil Griffith Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy Charge in North Korea Sanctions Case

Griffith was charged with violating sanctions law by giving a cryptocurrency and blockchain presentation at a North Korean conference in 2019.

By Cheyenne Ligon

Sep 28, 2021 at 3:50 p.m. UTC

Sep 28, 2021

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Technology

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BitMEX Awards Grants to Two More Bitcoin Developers

The crypto exchange is now supporting six open-source developers in total.

By Cheyenne Ligon

Sep 23, 2021 at 5:42 p.m. UTC

Sep 23, 2021

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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 14: Gary Gensler, Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, testifies before a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing on the SEC on September 14, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein-Pool/Getty Images)

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SEC’s Gensler Calls Stablecoins ‘Poker Chips’ at the Wild West Crypto Casino

The SEC chair also compared the crypto boom to the Wildcat banking era of the 19th century, saying that “history tells us that private forms of money don’t last long.”

By Cheyenne Ligon

Sep 22, 2021 at 9:35 p.m. UTC

Sep 22, 2021

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Policy

Ripple

Judge Denies Ripple’s Motion to Have SEC Employees’ Crypto Transactions Disclosed

Ripple Labs has been petitioning the SEC for employees’ trading records since early July.

By Cheyenne Ligon

Sep 21, 2021 at 6:55 p.m. UTC

Sep 21, 2021

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Finance

Coinbase

Coinbase Signs Deal With Homeland Security to Provide Analytics Software

The initial contract amount is for $455,000 but can go up to a total of $1.37 million by 2024.

By Cheyenne Ligon

Sep 20, 2021 at 9:19 p.m. UTC

Sep 20, 2021

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Nearly 70 South Korean Crypto Exchanges May Have to Suspend Service: Report

The deadline to register with South Korea’s Financial Intelligence Unit is Sept. 24, but only four exchanges have registered so far.

By Cheyenne Ligon

Sep 20, 2021 at 6:46 p.m. UTC

Sep 20, 2021

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Finance

Apple

Crypto Holders Sue Apple Over ‘Fake’ Wallet App Scam

The lawsuit alleges that a fake wallet app was used to cheat customers out of more than $5 million in crypto holdings.

By Cheyenne Ligon

Sep 17, 2021 at 9:14 p.m. UTC

Sep 17, 2021

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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 12: An American flag flies at half staff at the U.S. Capitol on January 12, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images)

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Crypto transactions

Crypto Lobbying Group Warns of Another Tax Provision in Senate Infrastructure Bill

A new report from the Proof of Stake Alliance calls attention to a little-debated tax provision that would require some peer-to-peer crypto transactions to be reported to the...

By Cheyenne Ligon

Sep 17, 2021 at 4:43 p.m. UTC

Sep 17, 2021

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