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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Policy

FTX CEO John Ray Confirms Late-Night Hack, Says Company Is Working With Law Enforcement

Ray said FTX and FTX US are making “every effort to secure all assets, wherever located.”

(Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Finance

Elon Musk Reveals Talks With Sam Bankman-Fried: 'My Bulls**t Meter Was Redlining'

“Everyone was talking about him like he’s walking on water and has a zillion dollars,” Musk said of the now-disgraced Bankman-Fried. “And that [was] not my impression.”

Tesla CEO Elon Musk (Hannibal Hanschke-Pool/Getty Images)

Finance

'FTX Has Been Hacked': Crypto Disaster Worsens as Exchange Sees Mysterious Outflows Exceeding $600M

FTX officials appeared to confirm rumors of a hack on Telegram, instructing users to delete FTX apps and avoid its website.

(Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Finance

Miami HEAT Arena Balks at FTX Naming Rights, Ending 19-Year Deal Early

Photos on social media already purport to show the bankrupt crypto exchange’s logo being removed from the arena.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Bankrupt Crypto Lender Voyager Reopens Bidding Process Following FTX’s Collapse

Voyager also acknowledged Friday it has a $3 million balance currently locked up on FTX.

Voyager's bankrupcy has left creditors in the lurch. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

White House Says FTX Crash ‘Underscores’ Crypto Concerns

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters that the Biden administration is aware of FTX’s ongoing problems and will continue to monitor the situation.

The White House, the executive office of the U.S. President (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

FTX US Resigns From the Crypto Council for Innovation

The U.S. subsidiary of failing crypto exchange FTX has resigned from the prominent crypto trade association.

Sam Bankman-Fried (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Finance

FTX Website Experiences Temporary Outage, Warns Users Not to Make Deposits

While the FTX US website remains operational, FTX.com is experiencing widespread outages.

Twitter Spaces: FTX – 1) What

Finance

Alameda Research, FTX Ventures Websites Go Dark

The websites were either taken down or made private only a day after news broke that Binance had signed a letter of intent to purchase its cash-strapped rival exchange.

Former CEO of FTX Sam Bankman-Fried (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Finance

Sam Bankman-Fried ya no es billonario tras perder US$14.600M de la noche a la mañana

El CEO de FTX perdió aproximadamente US$14.600 millones, casi el 94% de su riqueza total, según el Índice de Multimillonarios de Bloomberg.

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)